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Neck pain, being defined as central to the neck or slightly off to the side of your neck, is most often caused by one of two things – either degenerative disc disease, which can lead to tremendous pain for some, or facet joint pain, which occurs when the facet joints on either side of the vertebrae

Over the years, Dr. Lanman has performed over 5,000 spinal surgeries for conditions such as back pain.

Advanced Disc Replacement Center offices are now open in Florida! Dr. Todd Lanman and Dr. Jason Cuéllar are now both licensed in the state of Florida and are providing telemedicine appointments from California.

Cervical disc replacement has become a common procedure since its FDA approval in 2007. There have been nine cervical discs approved with six currently on the market and more coming soon. Dr. Lanman was part of many of the clinical trial teams for these discs and has been performing cervical ADR surgeries for years.

Dr. Todd Lanman is a Beverly Hills spinal surgeon who has been practicing for decades in this region. Now, he and his partner, Dr. Jason Cuéllar, are licensed in the state of Florida to better serve their large contingent of East Coast patients.

The lamina is the arch of bone overlying the nerves that forms the roof of the spinal canal. The laminectomy procedure involves removing this arch of bone to relieve pressure on the nerves. It’s a common operation to relieve spinal stenosis or a pinched nerve and open the spinal canal to allow patients to walk more normally.