Advanced Spine Center

The Advanced Spine Center at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is a convenient service that helps people find the treatment they need for back pain relief. Whether you need rehabilitation (physical therapy), physiatry, pain management, or spine surgery, we provide the care you need for neck and back pain.

LVHN’s Advanced Spine Center was the first program in the region to coordinate care across multiple specialties. The Advanced Spine Center at LVHN is a comprehensive program designed to help people get the care they need with a focus on conservative therapy, usually starting with physical therapy. With this service, our goal is to correctly assess your condition and assure you are scheduled with the most appropriate caregiver as quickly as possible.

Approximately 80 percent of adults have back pain at some point in their lives. But you do have options for managing the pain. The team at LVHN’s Advanced Spine Center provides customized, effective care to help relieve your symptoms and improve your function.

Why choose the Advanced Spine Center

Highlights of our program include:

Streamlined care: An in-depth conversation with a member of our team about your symptoms and medical history saves you time and helps us guide you to the proper treatment. We send a report of our phone call to the appropriate care provider prior to your appointment.
Comprehensive approach: Our team includes the full spectrum of back pain specialists, including rehabilitation (physical therapy), physiatry, pain management, and spine surgery. We coordinate your care and ensure you get the attention you need.
Emphasis on nonsurgical treatment: We use conservative methods first, such as physical therapy, physiatry, pain management and Empowered Relief™ pain management class. The goal is to relieve your symptoms without surgery.
Surgical expertise: If we determine surgery is the most effective treatment option, our skilled spine surgeons (neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons) use minimally invasive techniques when possible to perform precise, effective procedures. We perform a large volume of surgeries every year, giving us a high level of expertise.