Dr. Ralph Rashbaum, MD, Plano, TX, 75093

Dr. Ralph Rashbaum is a co-founder of Texas Back Institute and concurrently founded one of the first back schools in the United States. Dr. Rashbaum received his Medical Degree from Chicago Medical School and completed an internship and surgical residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. Dr. Rashbaum finished his second residency at the University Hospital of Cleveland and received post-residency training in the Spinal Cord Injury Unit. Following his residency, Dr. Rashbaum’s completed his Spine Fellowships with Dr. Richard Rothman and Frederick Simone at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA and Dr. Henry Bohlman in Cleveland, OH.

Dr. Rashbaum prides his practice on taking the steps necessary to achieve appropriate and predictable outcomes for his patients. He is intricately involved in the Texas back Institute Spine Fellowship Program and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and received the Volvo Award for low back pain research.

Dr. Ralph Rashbaum is an Orthopedic Surgeon with Texas Back Institute.

Type of Spine Care Professional

Orthopedic Surgeon

Areas Served

Plano, TX

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Conditions and Treatments

Conditions

• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Arm pain
• Arthritis
• Back pain
• Chronic pain
• Coccydynia
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Degenerative disc disease
• Failed back surgery syndrome
• Foot drop
• Herniated disc / bulging disc
• Leg pain
• Lower back pain
• Muscle pain / muscle strain
• Myelopathy
• Neck disorders
• Neck pain
• Nerve pain / neuralgia
• Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
• Sciatica / radiculopathy
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Upper back pain
• Whiplash

Treatments

• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
• Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
• Anterior cervical fusion
• Artificial disc replacement - lumbar
• Back surgery
• Bone graft substitutes
• Epidural steroid injection - cervical
• Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
• Exercise
• Facet joint injections / blocks
• Facet rhizotomy injection
• Injections
• Interspinous process spacers
• Kyphoplasty
• Laminectomy / decompression surgery
• Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
• Medial branch nerve blocks
• Medications for pain and related health issues
• Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
• Nerve blocks
• Pain management
• Posterolateral lumbar fusion
• Radiofrequency procedures
• Sacrococcygeal injections
• Sacroiliac joint injections / blocks
• Scoliosis treatment - non-surgical
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Transforaminal injections
• Trigger point injections
• Vertebroplasty

Professional Affiliations

• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• North American Spine Society

Certifications

• Board Certified, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

Professional Distinctions

• Fellowship, Spine surgery, Dr. H. Bohlman and Dr. Rothman