Spine and Joint Center

Spine and joint pain can be frustrating and depressing. Thankfully, most spine and joint pain can be treated non-operatively through evidence-based methods, including interventional spinal injections and physical therapy.

If you have spine and joint pain, the Spine & Joint Center at Good Shepherd can help. Following an evaluation by a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation, our team will develop a rehabilitation program that meets your unique needs.  The goal is to ease your pain and get you back into life with maximum function as quickly as possible.

Non-operative services available at the Spine & Joint Center:

• Spinal injections in a state-of-the-art fluoroscopy suite with C-arm equipment.
• Imaging services at the Good Shepherd Diagnostic Imaging Center (X-ray, CT and MRI scan)
• Expert physical therapy
• Aquatherapy
• Podiatry services, offering medical and surgical treatment of foot and ankle injuries or conditions.

Non-operative diagnostic and therapeutic interventions include:

• Injection for bursitis and tendinopathy
• Epidural injection
• Facet joint/dorsal medial nerve blocks
• Selective nerve root injection
• Sacroiliac joint injection
• Carpal tunnel injection
• Joint injection (hip/knee/shoulder)
• Trigger point injections
• Electrodiagnostic studies (EMGs)
• Hyaluronic injections

The Spine & Joint Center at Good Shepherd treats a variety of common neck, back, joint and other musculoskeletal pain disorders including work, recreational and sports injuries. Common disorders evaluated and treated at The Spine & Joint Center include: 

Musculoskeletal disorders:

• Joint pain (shoulder/hips/knees)
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Biceps tendinopathy
• Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
• Arthritis of thumb (carpometacarpal joint)
• Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
• Rotator cuff tendinopathy
• Muscle injuries/muscle pain
• Nerve entrapment
• Greater trochanteric bursitis
• De Querrain’s tenosynovitis

Spine disorders:

• Neck pain
• Back pain
• Sciatica
• Discogenic pain
• Herniated disc disease
• Facet joint pain
• Sacroiliac joint pain
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Location:
Good Shepherd Health & Technology Center
Good Shepherd Plaza
850 South 5th St.
Allentown, PA  18103

Physician appointments are also available at:
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation - CedarPointe
1651 N. Cedar Crest Blvd., Suite 100
Allentown, PA 18104

Contact:
Phone: 610-778-1050
Fax: 610-778-9302

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