At CalSpine MD, Dr. Hieu T. Ball is committed to being at the forefront of offering cutting-edge care in spine surgery to his patients. He strives to find long-term solutions, combining revolutionary minimally-invasive technology and innovations in healthcare that can offer his patients alternative treatment options that are less invasive.
Hieu Ball, M.D. devotes his practice to critical evaluation of the most current treatment options for neck, mid-back, and low-back problems. His patient-centered, individualized approach to caring for patients helps him achieve accurate diagnoses and logical treatment plans that optimize the spinal health outcomes for his patients.
Hieu Ball, M.D. devotes his practice to critical evaluation of the most current treatment options for neck, mid-back, and low-back problems. His patient-centered, individualized approach to caring for patients helps him achieve accurate diagnoses and logical treatment plans that optimize the spinal health outcomes for his patients.
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Our mission at CalSpine MD is to be the preferred provider of orthopedic spine care amongst our community, case managers, and primary care physicians. We believe in earning the trust of our patients by providing high quality and cutting edge medical care, and by treating each patient and their family with sincere compassion.
A herniated disc is a very common cause of back pain that can occur anywhere along the spine, but most likely occurs in the lower back or neck. Discs are soft, rubbery pads located between the vertebrae in the spine that act as shock absorbers and allow the spine to flex and bend. However, this means that the discs take on a great deal of stress.
Cervical myelopathy is a serious condition affecting the cervical spine, and if left untreated it can lead to significant and permanent nerve damage including paralysis and death. In most cases, this is an urgent surgical condition. Myelopathy describes any neurologic symptoms related to dysfunction of the spinal cord.
Cervical radiculopathy (or a pinched nerve) occurs when a nerve in the neck is compressed or irritated. When this happens, the condition may cause pain that radiates into the shoulder and/or arm and muscle weakness and numbness. Cervical Spinal Stenosis (narrowing of the canals in your spine through which the spinal cord travels).
Cervical spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal in the neck area or upper part of the spine. At CalSpine MD, our spine surgeon, Dr. Ball, treats cervical spinal stenosis frequently, as it is a very common cause of neck pain. The cervical spine (neck region) consists of seven bones, separated from one another by intravertebral discs.
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