Winder, GA

Summit Spine & Joint Centers’ Winder office brings pain management to Barrow County, along with nearby Athens, Auburn, Statham and Monroe. This office is a Summit Spine location, not a partnership with any hospital system, and patients here are seen directly by Summit Spine’s own providers.

One provider sees patients here. Dr. Adrian Birladeanu is double board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and interventional pain medicine, trained at the University of South Florida.

Dr. Birladeanu’s background in physical medicine and rehabilitation and interventional pain medicine is well suited to the patients this office sees most: adults 40 and older whose arthritis, degenerative disc changes or nerve pain have built up gradually rather than from one injury. Insurance and workers’ compensation coverage is confirmed before the appointment, not after.

New patients can typically get on the schedule within a day or two. The first appointment covers a medical history review, a physical exam, and a plan built around whichever of the treatments below fits the diagnosis.

Conditions

Patients at the Winder office come in with a range of neck, back and joint pain, including:

• Herniated Disc: disc tissue pressing outward against a spinal nerve, often with pain running down an arm or leg.
• Degenerative Disc Disease: the gradual loss of disc height and cushioning that comes with age.
• Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica): nerve pain tracking from the lower back down into the leg or foot.
• Spinal Stenosis: a tightening spinal canal that crowds the nerves running through it.
• Facet Joint Pain: wear in the small joints that let the spine flex and rotate.
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome (Failed Back Syndrome): pain that persists after a prior spine surgery.
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): ongoing nerve pain that outlasts the injury that triggered it.
• Fibromyalgia: widespread pain and tenderness without a single clear source.
• Back Pain: pain that hasn’t let up despite rest, medication or physical therapy.

Treatments

The Winder office offers all 19 standard non-surgical treatments:

• Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: reduces swelling around an irritated nerve in the lower spine.
• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: an anti-inflammatory injection aimed at neck-level nerve irritation.
• Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: steroid guided directly to one affected nerve root.
• Facet Joint Injections: calms swelling in the spine’s small connecting joints.
• Medial Branch Block: confirms which facet joint is causing the pain.
• Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection: treats pain at the joint linking the spine and pelvis.
• Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): heat used to quiet an overactive pain nerve.
• Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy: a heat-based nerve treatment for the lower back, built to outlast standard RFA.
• Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy: the same heat-based nerve treatment used on neck joints instead.
• Rhizotomy: heat applied to disable a painful joint’s nerve supply.
• Genicular Radiofrequency Ablation: for knee pain that hasn’t responded to other treatments.
• Celiac Plexus Block: for pain originating in the abdomen or digestive organs.
• Stellate Ganglion Block: an injection near the neck that treats nerve pain radiating into the face or arms.
• Lumbar Sympathetic Block: an injection series for CRPS-related leg pain.
• Discography: an imaging study that identifies which disc is the actual pain source.
• MILD: an outpatient procedure for spinal stenosis that doesn’t involve an implant.
• Vertiflex Superion: a small spacer implanted to keep the spinal canal open.
• Intrathecal Pump Implant: an implanted pump that releases pain medication in small, steady doses at the spine.
• Back Pain Treatment: a plan built from the options above, based on the diagnosis.

Providers

1 provider sees patients at the Winder office:

• Adrian Birladeanu, MD: double board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and interventional pain medicine, trained at the University of South Florida.

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