About the Institute

Back Pain + Proven Solutions = The Spine Institute

For years physicians and therapists treated back pain with a variety of options, from comfort treatments like hot packs and bed rest to traction and even surgery. Sometimes they worked. Sometimes they didn't.

Now, research indicates that many of the therapies used in the past simply are not effective. Yet, many are still used today.

The Spine Institute has been developed to offer evidence-based care of back problems, in other words, only treatment and therapy that have been proven to work.

A joint effort of Willis-Knighton Health System and LSU Health Sciences Center , it incorporates physicians from neurosurgery, orthopedics, physical medicine, occupational medicine, rheumatology with physical therapists and a full complement of support staff.

What Makes It Effective 

The Spine Institute offers a comprehensive program:

• Multidisciplinary approach
• Faculty of some of the area's most respected physicians and surgeons
• Central assessment center with state-of-the-art equipment for evaluation
• Four convenient locations for treatment
• A focus on education, keeping the patient informed and educated
• Counseling to help deal with the issues of pain and disability
• Case management to help patients transition through program
• Empowering, positive approach
• Research with measurements and documentation of program outcomes
• Continuing review of programs and quality by physician faculty 
  

What It Means to You 

Patients - You will receive only the treatments and therapies that have been proven to work. You will have your best chance to get well without surgery unless absolutely necessary.

Businesses - Your employees will receive proven treatments and therapies and will not go into an endless loop of appointment after appointment without results. The goal is to regain their ability, not focus on disability.

Doctors - You have a place to refer your patients that relies on clinical research. You can manage your patient or ask for the support of our medical director, Dr. Donald Smith, or any member of our faculty.

Locations

Our Assessment Center is centrally-located, just west of the intersection of I-20 and Greenwood Road. If indicated after assessment, therapy is available at the Assessment Center and near the campuses of the other three Willis-Knighton hospitals in Shreveport and Bossier City.

ASSESSMENT CENTER
2403 Greenwood Road - Shreveport
Near intersection of I-20 and Greenwood Road

THERAPY LOCATIONS
Assessment Center
at Willis-Knighton Medical Center
2403 Greenwood Road - Shreveport

WK Canterbury Square
at Willis-Knighton South
2530 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop - Shreveport

WK Bossier Outpatient Rehab
at WK Bossier Medical Pavilion
2449 Hospital Drive - Bossier City

WK Portico Center
at WK Pierremont Health Center