The study of the nervous system led to the development of the medical science neurology and its surgical counterpart neurosurgery. Orthopedic consultants often find nerve damage in their patients and will refer the patient to a neurologist for nerve repair either during or after the orthopedic treatment. Nerve damage can be a cause of pain after an injury especially if the pain is prolonged past the healing of the injury.

Neuromuscular disorders like muscle cramps, diseases of the muscle, carpel tunnel syndrome, Lumbosacral plexitis, neuron-entrapment syndrome are some of the conditions for which a neurologist is qualified to treat. Lumbosacral plexitis is an idiopathic neuromuscular disease causing severe lower back pain.

Other conditions treated by a neurologist include neuromyelitis, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, children’s neurological disorders amongst others. Neurology is an area of medicine with new advances and treatments available progressively. People with old injuries which could not be fixed in the past may now be suitable to receive a new advanced treatments. This is the case with old back injuries; medical science has had many breakthroughs in the last 10 years and continues to come up with new ideas, treatments and neurosurgical techniques.

Nerve injuries which can be treated include both simple and severe damage, however advanced modern techniques in neurosurgery offer great hope for patients with severe nerve damage. Minimally invasive surgery techniques are often used in neurosurgery just as they are used in many modern branches of medicine.

Spinal injuries often cause nerve damage which is painful and sometimes hard to diagnose immediately after the injury. After the spine injury heals and there is still persistent pain there is usually reason to believe that there is nerve damage and a neurologist should be consulted. The orthopedic practitioner will refer you to a neurologist if there is serious nerve damage.