Interventional Spine Program
(non-surgical interventions)
Operating within the Stanford Spine Center, the Interventional Spine Program is an outpatient program focusing on the conservative and non-operative management of neck, back, hip, shoulder and musculoskeletal pain syndromes. Headed by Dr. Matthew Smuck, the program's emphasis is on restoring function and alleviating pain. The program is unique in offering a full continuum of services from evaluation and diagnosis to custom physical therapy, targeted medications and injections.
Services offered by the Interventional Spine program
- Epidural steroid injections (cervical epidural steroid injections)
- Trigger point injections
- Joint injections
- Facet joint injections
- Nerve root blocks
- Diagnostic injections
- Discography
- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
- Radiofrequency treatments
- Percutaneous discectomy