Alaska Spine Institute
Anchorage, Alaska 99805 United States
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Dr. Robert F. Valentz, MD, Anchorage, AK, 99508
Dr. Robert Valentz received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1995. He then went on to complete an internship in General Surgery, at Meridia Huron, and his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Virginia. He continued his training with a fellowship in Pain Medicine, at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Dr. Valentz arrived in Alaska in August, 2000 and joined Alaska Spine Institute in March, 2004. He is currently the Director of Anesthesiology at Alaska Spine Institute's Surgery Center. His expertise includes discography and spinal cord stimulation.
The Alaska Spine Institute (ASI) is the only facility in the state of Alaska with a primary focus on diagnosis and treatment of spinal care, pain management, and neuromuscular rehabilitation, all integrated under one roof. Our facility includes a doctor's office, diagnostic facility including comprehensive imaging services, surgery center, and physical therapy and rehabilitation treatment center. ASI has the ability to provide fast, comprehensive, and top-of-the-line medical care to the community of Anchorage and the state of Alaska.
Dr. Robert Valentz is a member of Alaska Spine Institute.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arm pain
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Bursitis
- Chronic pain
- Coccydynia
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Degenerative disc disease
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Foot drop
- Foot pain
- Fracture
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Hip pain
- Joint pain
- Knee pain
- Kyphosis
- Leg pain
- Lower back pain
- Muscle pain / muscle strain
- Myelopathy
- Neck disorders
- Neck pain
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Piriformis syndrome
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Shoulder pain
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Tumors
- Upper back pain
- Whiplash
Treatments
- Bracing
- Caudal injections
- Electrotherapy, e.g. TENS
- Epidural steroid injection - cervical
- Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
- Exercise
- Facet joint injections / blocks
- Facet rhizotomy injection
- Heat / ice therapy
- Hip joint injections
- Knee injections
- Massage therapy
- Medial branch nerve blocks
- Nerve blocks
- Pain management
- Peripheral joint and muscular injections
- Physical therapy
- Radiofrequency procedures
- Sacrococcygeal injections
- Sacroiliac joint injections / blocks
- Shoulder injections
- Sleep aids
- Soft tissue injections
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Sympathetic ganglion blocks
- Traction
- Transforaminal injections
- Trigger point injections
Other Treatments
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - CRPS
- Implantable devices for pain control
- Epidural lysis of adhesions
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Regional Anesthesia
- International Neuromodulation Society
- International Spinal Intervention Society
- American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
- World Institute of Pain
- American Society of Anesthesiology
Certifications
- Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine
Professional Distinctions
- Diplomate, American Board of Pain Medicine
- Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
- Fellow, Interventional Pain Management