"My general philosophy in spine surgery is to treat my patients as I would treat a member of my family."
The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital
Suite 4200
Aurora, Colorado 80045 United States
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Dr. Christopher Cain, MD, Denver, CO, 80045
The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital specializes in treating people with back and neck pain using proven therapies and the latest technologies. Whether a patient needs physical therapy, medication, spinal injections, surgery, or any combination of approaches, our skilled physicians and staff focus on making our patients feel better, happier and healthier in the safest manner available. In addition, the Spine Center is regularly asked to evaluate second opinion cases.
The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital focuses on a collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach among neurosurgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, physiatrists, physical/occupational therapists, psychologists, integrative medicine, and anesthesiologists. As the only academic medical center in the region, the Spine Center is the only provider in the Front Range to take such a comprehensive approach to spine and neck care.
Dr. Christopher Cain is an Orthopedic Surgeon with The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
Languages
Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Acute Pain
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arm pain
- Auto-related injuries
- Back pain
- Cancer
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cervical spine disorders
- Coccydynia
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Facet syndrome
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Foot drop
- Fracture
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Kyphosis
- Leg pain
- Lower back pain
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Neck pain
- Pediatric spine disorders
- Postural fatigue
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal infections
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis
- Thoracic spine disorders
- Tumors
- Upper back pain
- Vertebral subluxation
- Whiplash
- Workers' Compensation Injuries
Treatments
- Annulus repair
- Anterior cervical corpectomy
- Anterior cervical fusion
- Artificial disc replacement - cervical
- Artificial disc replacement - lumbar
- Back surgery
- Bone graft substitutes
- Cervical spine surgery
- Coccygectomy
- Disc arthroplasty
- Discectomy
- Discography
- Dynamic lumbar stabilization
- Electrotherapy, e.g. TENS
- Epidural steroid injection - cervical
- Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
- Facet joint injections / blocks
- Facet rhizotomy
- Facet rhizotomy injection
- Interspinous process spacers
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Laminoplasty
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Lower back surgery
- Lumbar corpectomy
- Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
- Medial branch nerve blocks
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Neck surgery
- Nerve blocks
- Non-surgical treatment and diagnosis
- Pediatric spine treatments - non-surgical
- Pediatric spine treatments - surgical
- Posterior cervical decompression
- Posterior cervical discectomy
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Radiofrequency Neuroablation
- Reconstructive / revision spine surgery
- Sacrococcygeal injections
- Sacroiliac joint injections / blocks
- Scoliosis surgery
- Spinal Decompression
- Spinal fusion
- Spine Surgery
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Transforaminal injections
- Upper back surgery
- Upper cervical specific techniques
- Vertebroplasty
- X-STOP
Professional Affiliations
- Australian Medical Association
- Australian Spine Society
- European Spine Society
Certifications
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Australian Orthopaedic Association
Professional Distinctions
- AOSpine – Director of Education Asia-Pacific region
- Associate Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine