Our service

Our spinal unit is based at Ipswich Hospital. We provide expertise in all spinal conditions for patients across Suffolk and Essex and treat all adult spinal conditions including:

• adult spinal deformity
• back pain
• cervical stenosis
• coccydynia (pain in coccyx)
• disc prolapse
• degenerative disc dIsease
• spinal stenosis
• spinal trauma and infection
• spinal tumours
• spondylolisthesis.

We offer a multidisciplinary team approach (MDT) this mean that we work together as a team, this team includes:

• physiotherapists
• spinal surgeons
• pain specialists
• radiologists
• occupational therapists
• nurse specialists.

We can offer the following treatments for your back problems:

• cervical discectomy
• cervical decompression
• cervical fusion
• lumbar discectomy
• lumbar decompression
• lumbar fusion
• facet joint injections
• nerve root blocks
• procedures for spinal fractures or tumours.

For more information about back problems go to the NHS Choices website

For information about spinal surgery and other treatments, go to the:

BASS website

BOA website

NASS website