Life in the Lowcountry can be filled with many outdoor activities. Having acute or chronic spine pain as well as extremity pain can certainly keep us from living our lives to the fullest. Dr. Charles Nivens is a spine specialist whose passion is giving you your life back. He treats a wide variety of acute and chronic spinal disorders. While providing the highest quality of care, he is able to utilize a variety of spinal procedures to help reduce your pain. One particular breakthrough in his treatment of Spinal Stenosis is the Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD) procedure. This procedure is performed at an outpatient surgery center and requires only a very small incision. Whether it’s onsite spinal injections, radiofrequency nerve ablations for arthritis pain, or the MILD procedure for Spinal Stenosis, the goal is to get you feeling your best without the use of surgery.