01 Pattern review
You identify where symptoms begin and travel, which positions change them, when they started, and whether dexterity, strength, or walking has changed.
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Your nerve symptom map
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Connect the clues
Describe tingling or numbness, including when it happens and how long it lasts.
Explore your first visitCare that fits your schedule
- Available 8AM–8PM, seven days a week
- Same-day to same-week appointments often available
- Same-day callbacks from our scheduling team
- No referral needed to request an appointment
- PPO insurance plans accepted (PPO only) — check your coverage
When to see a specialist
Arrange an evaluation when nerve symptoms persist, follow a clear arm or leg pathway, or begin to affect strength, dexterity, balance, or walking.
- Shooting, burning, or electric pain into an arm or leg
- Numbness or tingling in a consistent hand, finger, foot, or toe pattern
- Weak grip, difficulty lifting the arm, foot slapping, or trouble pushing off
- Symptoms worsened by particular neck or back positions
- Recurring nerve symptoms that interrupt sleep, work, or driving
- Imaging that shows possible nerve compression and needs correlation
Interactive 3D · Vertebra
Drag to rotate · Thoracic vertebra (T-10)
Nerves thread through tight openings around vertebrae like this one — the spots where compression usually happens.
Conceptual anatomy model, not your imaging or a diagnosis.
What happens at your first appointment
The first visit localizes the nerve pattern, tests how well the nerve is functioning, and identifies which structural findings are likely relevant.
02 Focused nerve testing
The doctor checks strength, sensation, reflexes, gait, and provocative maneuvers to narrow the affected nerve and region.
03 Imaging and test review
MRI, X-rays, CT, or prior electrodiagnostic results are compared with the clinical pattern. Additional tests are ordered only when they may change the plan.
04 Cause-specific pathway
Treatment is matched to the likely cause and may include monitoring, pain management, a targeted injection, decompression, or another specialist referral.
Your specialists
Your treatment pathway
Non-surgical care
- Activity modification that avoids the provoking position
- Medication and pain-management review
- Selective nerve-root or epidural injection
- Monitoring of stable strength and sensation
Surgical care
- Foraminotomy or focused nerve decompression
- Microdiscectomy when a disc fragment is the matching cause
- Broader decompression or stabilization when stenosis or instability is involved
Where we treat this
Our clinic pages list local contact details and office hours. Mountain Spine & Orthopedics is available 8AM–8PM, seven days a week.
Florida · 10 offices
New Jersey · 7 offices
New York · 1 office
Pennsylvania · 4 offices
Frequently asked questions about seeing a pinched nerve doctor
No referral is needed to request an appointment. Some health plans may have their own referral requirements, so our scheduling team can help you identify what to confirm before your visit.
Same-day to same-week appointments are often available, depending on the clinic and physician schedule. Our team provides same-day callbacks so you can discuss the earliest appropriate opening.
Mountain Spine & Orthopedics is available from 8AM to 8PM, seven days a week. Appointment availability varies by clinic, and our scheduling team can help identify the closest opening.
Mountain Spine & Orthopedics accepts PPO insurance plans only. Please contact the office before your visit so the team can verify your plan details and expected benefits.
A spine-focused orthopedic physician can localize nerve compression in the neck or lower back, review imaging, and discuss non-surgical care as well as decompression when appropriate.
The doctor compares the symptom pathway with strength, sensation, reflex, and movement findings. MRI or other testing may then confirm the location and likely cause of compression.