Duke Physical and Occupational Therapy provides expert care for spine conditions and back pain. They offer a range of services, including preoperative, postoperative, and nonoperative care.

Your physical therapist will conduct a thorough examination and assessment and work with you to develop goals to help you improve function, strength, and mobility in your back.

Most likely, you will be given a series of exercises to treat your specific symptoms of back pain or to strengthen your back following surgery. In addition, a physical therapist will educate you on ways to use your spine properly while sitting, standing, and lifting.

Physical therapy can also help prevent future episodes of back pain by teaching core strength exercises, helping to maintain flexibility, and demonstrating proper body mechanics (called “ergonomics”).

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Orthopaedics at North Duke Street
  3116 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704
• Duke Physical Therapy
  Duke Clinic 1E, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Physical Therapy (Mebane)
  1352 Mebane Oaks Road, Mebane, NC 27302
• Duke Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Brier Creek
  10211 Alm Street, Raleigh, NC 27617
• Duke Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy at Page Road
  4709 Creekstone Drive, Suite 250, Durham, NC 27703
• Duke Physical Therapy of Knightdale
  162 Legacy Oaks, Room 1221A, Knightdale, NC 27545
• Duke University Hospital
  2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710
• North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic
  3609 Southwest Durham Drive, Durham, NC 27707