
"Quality spine care requires a detailed history, a thorough physical examination and tenacious treatment."
The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital
Suite 4200
Aurora, Colorado 80045 United States
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Dr. Heather Ene, 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. Heather Ene is a Physiatrist with The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital in the Denver-Aurora, CO area. She also is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. As a board certified physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, Dr. Ene has a particular interest in Parkinson disease, essential tremor, stroke, dystonia, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, spinal cord injury and neuromuscular disorders.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
Languages
Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Back pain
- Bursitis
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cervical spine disorders
- Chiari malformation
- Chronic pain
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Dizziness and balance disorders
- Extremity Dysfunction/Pain
- Facet syndrome
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Foot drop
- Forward head posture
- Gait disorders
- Head injury
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Hip pain
- Leg pain
- Lower back pain
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Neck pain
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Neuropathic pain
- Osteoporotic compression fracture
- Pinched nerve
- Piriformis syndrome
- Post Surgery Functional Problems
- Post Surgery Pain
- Post-concussion syndrome
- Postural fatigue
- Rotator cuff injury
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Shoulder pain
- Sleep problems
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Thoracic spine disorders
- Upper back pain
- Vertebral subluxation
- Whiplash
Treatments
- Botulinum toxin injections, e.g., BOTOX
- Bracing
- Diagnostic testing
- Dynamic lumbar stabilization
- Ergonomics and posture
- Exercise
- Medications for pain and related health issues
- Peripheral joint and muscular injections
- Physiatry
- Physical medicine & rehabilitation
- Psychology
- Rehabilitation
- Shoulder injections
- Sleep aids
- Soft tissue injections
- Stress reduction and management
- Stretching
- Trigger point injections
- Water therapy
Other Conditions
- Neurorehabilitation of stroke
- Parkinson disease
- multiple sclerosis
- brain injury
- spina bifida
- muscular dystrophy
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Movement Disorders Society
- Parkinson Study Group
Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professional Distinctions
- Assistant Professor, Departments of PM&R and Neurology - University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Fellowship in Movement Disorders, Neurology