The right spine care. The first time.
Mayo Clinic spine care experts offer comprehensive, personalized services at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Each year they help thousands of people with serious and complex conditions of the spine and limbs.
Our spine care experts take an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to spine disorders. They listen to you and try to identify the true cause of your pain or other symptoms. And then they offer a tailored treatment plan drawn from an unbiased review of all options. Your plan of care may include medicine, physical therapy, interventional pain management or other options. Surgery is recommended only when it makes sense for you and has the potential to improve your quality of life.
Your treatment team
Our spine care experts take a team approach to diagnosis and treatment of your condition. Your multidisciplinary team may include healthcare professionals from several medical and surgical specialties. The spine care team includes specialists in the nervous system (neurology), imaging (radiology and neuroradiology), spine surgery (neurosurgery), anesthesiology, orthopedic surgery, pain medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. In addition, you have access to specialists in psychiatry and psychology, nutrition, interventional medicine, and integrative medicine and health, as needed. At Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, services also include a spinal cord injury rehabilitation program.
Innovative diagnosis and treatment
Our spine care experts offer comprehensive evaluation for people with every type of spine condition, from the common to the complex or rare. Your first visit may be with a nonsurgical medical spine specialist — someone who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, or pain medicine. You'll undergo initial clinical evaluation and diagnostic testing.
Mayo Clinic's advanced diagnostic capabilities include:
- Advanced imaging techniques, such as neuroimaging called MRI or CT myelography, electrophysiology, and intraoperative monitoring.
- 3D imaging and 3D modeling to help pinpoint a spinal disorder and plan treatment.
- Specialized nerve conduction and muscle tests.
- Assessment of bone health.
Mayo Clinic leads the way in new treatments, such as minimally invasive surgical techniques, regenerative medicine and proton therapy.
Spine research
Mayo Clinic physician-scientists research and develop new ways to diagnose and treat conditions that affect the spine and limbs. One example is new regenerative medicine treatment options, such as stem cell trials for degenerative spine conditions. Ask your doctor about clinical trials and other studies that may be available to you as part of your spine care at Mayo Clinic.
Your doctors will talk with you about the tests and procedures that are right for you. Not all services are available at each location. Please confirm when you request an appointment.
The doctors of the spine care specialty group treat conditions from the common to the complex, including:
Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery.
Find doctors and medical staff:
Tens of thousands of people with spine conditions turn to Mayo Clinic each year. They benefit from the clinic's:
- Personalized care. If you come to Mayo Clinic for spine care, our doctors will listen to you, you'll undergo advanced imaging based on your concerns and you'll receive an accurate diagnosis. Then you'll work with your doctors to arrive at an individualized treatment plan based on your needs and goals.
- Team-based approach. Mayo Clinic has a team model of care, which means that members of a multidisciplinary group of experts are called in as needed to help you. Having all this expertise in a single place, focused on you, means that you're not just getting one opinion. Your care is discussed among team members, your test results are available quickly and appointments are scheduled in coordination. The most highly specialized experts in the world are working with you. What might take weeks or even months to accomplish elsewhere can typically be done in a matter of days at Mayo Clinic.
- Advanced diagnostics. Mayo Clinic offers the most innovative technology, including high-resolution 3D imaging and 3D modeling.
- Research that improves treatment. Because many of our clinicians are also researchers, they are able to offer the latest in spine care innovation faster.
- Innovative surgical techniques and technology. When surgery is recommended, our surgeons are expert in using minimally invasive techniques, robotic guidance for surgical planning and other advanced technology. These approaches can mean a reduced need for medications and a shorter recovery time.
Quality
- At Mayo Clinic all 3D imaging of the spine is interpreted by board-certified neuroradiologists.
- The electrodiagnostic labs at Mayo Clinic are some of the busiest and most relied-upon in the world.
- When people do decide to have surgery, Mayo Clinic surgical teams often perform a nonfusion surgery that's smaller and less invasive than procedures at other medical centers.
Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other hospital and has been recognized as an Honor Roll member according to the U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 "Best Hospitals" rankings.
Learn more about Mayo Clinic's quality rankings.
Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care like they've never experienced. See the stories of satisfied Mayo Clinic patients.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.
In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
Learn more about appointments at Mayo Clinic.
Please contact your insurance company to verify medical coverage and to obtain any needed authorization prior to your visit. Often, your insurer's customer service number is printed on the back of your insurance card.