"Proper treatment and care for spine problems requires a very accurate diagnosis."

Spine Care Institute of San Francisco
1199 Bush Street Suite 200
San Francisco , California 94109 United States
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James Reynolds, MD, San Francisco, CA 94109
Dr. Reynolds is an orthopedic spine surgeon, Medical Director and Chairman of the Spine Care Medical Group. Dr. Reynolds has been in practice for over 25 years. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of painful disorders of the spine and sees patients who require conservative care, minimally invasive spine surgery, or complex reconstructive spine surgery.
Dr. Reynolds believes in listening carefully to a patient's description of pain. He also believes that thorough comprehensive examination is essential for making an accurate diagnosis for spine problems. Most spine pain is needed with medications, injections and exercise. To Dr. Reynolds, surgery should be the last resort and less than 5% of serious spine problems should need surgery. He practices by the idea that any surgery performed should be minimally-invasive techniques whenever possible.
Dr. James Reynolds is an Orthopedic Surgeon with Spine Care Institute of San Francisco.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
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Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arm pain
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Chronic pain
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Degenerative disc disease
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Foot drop
- Foot pain
- Headache / migraine
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Hip pain
- Kyphosis
- Leg pain
- Muscle pain / muscle strain
- Myelopathy
- Neck disorders
- Neck pain
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Osteoporosis
- Piriformis syndrome
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Shoulder pain
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Upper back pain
- Whiplash
Treatments
- ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
- Anterior cervical corpectomy
- Anterior cervical discectomy / decompression
- Anterior cervical fusion
- Artificial disc replacement - cervical
- Artificial disc replacement - lumbar
- Back surgery
- Bone graft substitutes
- Bracing
- Caudal injections
- Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
- Electrotherapy, e.g. TENS
- Endoscopic microdiscectomy
- Epidural steroid injection - cervical
- Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
- Ergonomics and posture
- Exercise
- Facet joint injections / blocks
- Facet rhizotomy injection
- Hip joint injections
- Injections
- Interspinous process spacers
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Laminoplasty
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Lumbar corpectomy
- Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
- Medial branch nerve blocks
- Medications for pain and related health issues
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Neck surgery
- Nerve blocks
- Nerve testing
- Osteoporosis testing / treatments
- Pediatric spine treatments - non-surgical
- Physical medicine & rehabilitation
- PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Posterior cervical decompression
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Radiofrequency procedures
- Reconstructive / revision spine surgery
- Sacrococcygeal injections
- Sacroiliac joint injections / blocks
- Scoliosis surgery
- Scoliosis treatment - non-surgical
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spinal cord surgery
- Spinal Decompression
- Sympathetic ganglion blocks
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Transforaminal injections
- Upper back surgery
- Vertebroplasty
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
- North American Spine Society (NASS)
- The Western Orthopedic Association
Certifications
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
- American Board of Spine Surgery
Professional Distinctions
- Director, Spine Surgery Fellowship


