Dr. Debra Petrucci Neurosurgeon Debra A. Petrucci, MD
Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological  Surgery

Specialized help for Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Treatment of Spinal Injuries

  • George Washington University School of Medicine

  • Trained Massachusetts General Hospital and is Board Certified in Neurosurgery

  • Using minimally invasive techniques where possible

  • Current in the latest procedures that may benefit her patients

  • Chief of Neurosurgery at White Plains Hospital Center in 2001 - 2007

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222 Westchester Avenue,  Suite 403
White Plains, NY  10604

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(914) 949-9449

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Back Pain

Low back pain can often be attributed to complex origins and symptoms, and it does not discriminate. It can originate from identified muscle trauma, or an unknown non-traumatic event. Low back pain can also begin in other regions of the body and eventually attack the muscles or other structures in the lower back. Sometimes low back pain can even begin in the nerves or nervous system. Other origins for low back pain are postneural difficulties, congenital disorders, trauma, infections, degenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases, circulatory disorders or any of other 30 additional causes.


Where Back Pain Starts

It is often difficult for physicians to pinpoint the exact cause of a patient's low back pain, because of the complex composition of the human spine. Bone, discs, muscles, ligaments, tendons and various other tissues are arranged like a three-dimensional puzzle to make up the spine. The complex make up can easily mask the exact cause of low back pain.

In addition, depression, anxiety, frustration, reinforcement, stress, anger, fear and many other psychological states can help to cause the onset of back pain, can be a reaction to prolonged pain, or exist concurrently with pain.

The emotional component can complicate the back pain diagnosis, sometimes resulting in needless surgery and disability and can sometimes mask the underlying physical causes of pain.

 


222 Westchester Avenue                                      Dr. Debra Petrucci
Please call for an appointment.                            
(914) 949-9449