Spine Surgery for Sterling Heights, MI

Spine care for Sterling Heights

Sterling Heights is the largest city in Macomb County, and it sits directly south of the office. For most of the city the connection is a single road: Schoenherr runs north–south through Sterling Heights and continues into Shelby Township, passing the Shelby Macomb Medical Mall where the practice is based.

That simplicity is worth something to anyone who is in pain. A spine consultation frequently means more than one trip — the first visit to review imaging and examine you, a follow-up after a course of treatment, and a pre-operative visit if surgery is the right answer. A route that avoids M-53 and I-696 entirely makes those visits easier to keep.

Getting to the office

From central and eastern Sterling Heights, Schoenherr Road northbound reaches the office directly. From the western side of the city, Mound Road and Van Dyke (M-53) both connect east via M-59 (Hall Road) or the 18 and 19 Mile Road corridors.

Where surgery happens

Sterling Heights sits roughly between the two hospitals used by the practice:

• Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, 15855 19 Mile Road, Clinton Township
• Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital, 44201 Dequindre Road, Troy

Neither has a travel advantage from here, which means the operating site is decided clinically. For most patients that is the right way round anyway: the question is which hospital is set up for the specific operation, not which is nearer the house.

Common reasons for a consultation

Neck and arm symptoms, and low back and leg symptoms, are the two largest groups. Both are frequently attributed to a single MRI finding when the examination tells a more complicated story — the leg pain of lumbar spinal stenosis, for instance, can resemble a vascular or hip problem until it is tested properly.

If an operation has already been recommended to you elsewhere, a second opinion is a reasonable next step before you commit to it.