Spine surgery services

The spine

The spine is the central organ of movement. In order to meet the numerous demands, a balance must be struck everyday between mobility and flexibility on the one hand, and stability and power transmission on the other. These processes cost energy and their use lead to slow wear and tear of the anatomical structures involved such as, bones, joints, cartilage, muscles and tendons.

In addition, the spine contains and protects our inner "cable", the spinal cord, which feeds back all important information from our body to our brain and carries the information from the brain into the body.

As a result of the close anatomical relationship between the nerve tissue and the spine, there may be both localised problems in the area of the spine (e.g. deep, stabbing back pain from osteoarthritis of the small vertebral joint or from wear and tear and leaking fluid caused by vertebral slip) and often excruciating back pain and radiating pain in the leg, which is caused by pressure placed on the nerves that exit the spine.

Due to natural wear and tear with increasing age or enormous strain on the spine, more and more people suffer from back pain. It is completely normal to have back, neck or shoulder pain from time to time. These problems are often unspecific and usually harmless. About 85 percent of back pain will most likely go away after a few days or weeks.

However, it is not uncommon for the pain to be relatively strong, increase more and more or lead to neurological abnormalities such as numbness or paralysis. These complaints are not unspecific, but usually have clearly identifiable and diagnosable causes, especially if the pain occurs in the arms or legs (e.g., herniated disc/slipped disc, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis).

Our goal is to take the appropriate steps together with you and your primary care providers (general practitioner, orthopaedist, neurologist ...) so that your spine can continue to provide the necessary support in your life.