West Valley patients have kyphoplasty in office at our Westgate clinic, 6622 North 91st Avenue, Suite 230, with fluoroscopy on site.
Patients come from Glendale, Peoria, Sun City, Surprise, Goodyear and Avondale. The assessment can be at Peoria if that is closer, and we keep the number of trips small.
Compression fractures in older adults often follow something minor: a sit-down that was harder than expected, a twist while gardening, a bout of coughing. People assume a muscle strain and wait.
Two clues point to bone instead. The pain is focused at one point in the spine, and it eases almost completely lying flat, then returns sharply on standing. That pattern deserves an assessment this week.
You lie face down and the area is numbed, and sedation is used where planned. A narrow tube is guided into the collapsed vertebra on live X-ray, a small balloon restores what height it can, and bone cement is injected to hold it.
The cement sets within minutes. After a short recovery you go home with a driver, and most people are up and walking within hours.
Walking is encouraged from the start, because bed rest weakens bone and muscle further. Physical Therapy then focuses on trunk strength and balance, the two things that most reduce the risk of the next fall.
We also recommend a bone health review with your primary care physician. Treating the underlying thinning of the bone matters as much as treating the fracture.
Benefits and prior authorization are arranged in advance. Most major commercial plans are accepted, most Medicare Advantage plans in Arizona are in network, and AHCCCS is accepted for Pain Management.
Where a car accident caused the fracture, billing can go to auto insurance or med-pay, a health plan, or a lien with payment held until settlement.
Read about kyphoplasty in general, the Westgate clinic in Glendale, and kyphoplasty across the Phoenix metro.
Every clinic below has Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Acupuncture and Pain Management on one chart, so care can move between them without a new referral.
Downtown out through the north, west, south and east suburbs.
Academy, Interquest and Tenderfoot cover the north, central and south of the city.
Harmony in Fort Collins and our Greeley clinic serve Larimer and Weld counties.
Across the Valley, from the West Valley through Phoenix to the East Valley.
In office at our Westgate clinic in Glendale, 6622 North 91st Avenue, Suite 230.
For the procedure, yes, Westgate is our West Valley procedure clinic. Other visits can be at Peoria.
Many people notice a clear change soon after the procedure, as the fractured bone is stabilised.
Sometimes, in the same session or separately. The plan depends on the imaging.
Osteoporosis is the most common reason for these fractures, and kyphoplasty is designed for them. Risks are discussed at the assessment.
No. It is an outpatient procedure, and you go home afterwards with a driver.
Most Medicare Advantage plans in Arizona are in network. We check your benefits first.
No. Book an assessment directly.
Kyphoplasty is performed in office at our Westgate clinic in Glendale. No referral is needed to be evaluated, and appointments are usually available within the same week.
