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Hayward/Fremont Medical Centers
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
 

Spine Clinic

Your doctor or therapist may refer you to the Spine Clinic for assistance in diagnosing and treating a back or neck problem. We offer evaluation by doctors specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (physiatrists) who have had additional training in the treatment of spinal disorders. We base our recommendations on your individual circumstance, and have access to the full range of treatment modalities, including physical therapy, medications, injection procedures, acupuncture, chronic pain management classes and surgery. The clinic works closely with our regional spine surgery centers in Oakland, Redwood City and Santa Teresa (San Jose). Painful spinal problems are most often the result of a degenerative process that is treatable but not curable. We will do our best to help you and your doctor manage your condition. Most often only a single visit is planned in the Spine Clinic, and you will then be referred back to your personal doctor with recommendations for on-going treatment.

To prepare for your visit, please complete a Patient History Questionnaire.

Our clinicians:

Eunice Lau, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Sergiy Rybiy, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Dewate Sumetanon, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Andrea Wilcox, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Jim Holmes, MS,PT Physical Therapy

Links

The following links contain valuable information about the spine and management of spinal problems.
Exercises to Help Your Back
Back in Action: Taking Control of Your Back Problem
Neck Pain
Neck Problems-Prevention & Self Care Tip Sheet
Whiplash
Discectomy
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Spinal Fusion Surgery
North American Spine Society

Spinal Injection Procedures

 


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