Mayo Clinic's approach
Your Mayo Clinic care team
At Mayo Clinic, a team of experts in several specialties care for people with spinal cord injuries. The multidisciplinary team includes doctors trained in brain and nervous system disorders (neurologists), brain and nervous system surgery (neurosurgeons), nerve and muscle physiology and rehabilitation (physiatrists), bone and muscle surgery (orthopedic surgeons), as well as many other specialists.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment
Specialists at Mayo Clinic's Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program provide a wide range of therapies to treat sexual health and manage fertility after a spinal cord injury, including psychological therapy, fertility counseling and treatment options for sexual dysfunction.
Individualized care
You and your Mayo Clinic care team create an individualized treatment plan to meet your needs and achieve your goals. You and your family are an integral part of the treatment team. You are involved in making decisions, setting treatment goals and planning your discharge arrangements.
Lifelong follow-up care
Mayo Clinic doctors trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation and other staff offer a full range of spinal cord injury rehabilitation services, from intensive hospital care to continued care throughout your lifetime. Your spinal cord injury rehabilitation team provides inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation and lifelong care.
Expertise and rankings
Decades of experience
For nearly 70 years, Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals have helped many people recover from traumatic spinal cord injuries and nontraumatic spinal conditions using a wide range of therapies. Each year, Mayo Clinic specialists treat about 5,000 people with spinal cord injuries.
Nationally recognized expertise
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) has accredited the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota. Specialists at Mayo Clinic's Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program have experience treating people of all ages with spinal cord injuries of all levels and severity.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery, for urology, for orthopedics, and for rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report.
Learn more about Mayo Clinic's neurology and neurosurgery departments' expertise and rankings.
Locations, travel and lodging
Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.
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Costs and insurance
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.
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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.