Swasti Spine and Mind Care

Swasti Spine and Mind Care is a clinic in Shyamal, Ahmedabad that puts two specialties under one roof: spine surgery and psychiatry. Dr. Nisarg Parikh and Dr. Sweta Parikh started it in March 2019. The pairing makes more sense than it first sounds. Years of back pain wear people down, and plenty of patients who come in for one problem end up needing help with the other.

Dr. Nisarg Parikh (MBBS, MS Orthopaedics, AO Spine Fellowship) runs the spine side. He is also an honorary spine surgeon at Sheth L.G. Hospital and Dr. Jivaraj Mehta Hospital. Treatment starts with pain management and physiotherapy where that's enough, and moves to surgery only when it isn't.

Spine care:

• Minimally invasive surgery: discectomy, laminectomy and decompression
• Spinal fixation and fusion (TLIF, OLIF)
• Scoliosis and kyphosis correction
• Spine endoscopy
• Surgery for spinal TB, infection and tumours
• Epidural injections, nerve root blocks and vertebroplasty
• Spine fracture care, physiotherapy and rehab

Dr. Sweta Parikh (MBBS, MD Psychiatry) heads the mind care unit. She sees adults, children and women for depression, anxiety, OCD, sleep and eating problems, schizophrenia, migraine and sexual dysfunction. She's also a de-addiction specialist and treats both substance and behavioural addictions. There is a psychotherapy unit on site too, so counselling doesn't have to happen somewhere else.

If you're coming in for back or neck pain, bring any X-rays or MRI reports you already have. It can save you a repeat scan.

The clinic also offers individual care plans, social activities as part of recovery, and patient video testimonials on its YouTube channel if you'd like to hear from people who've been treated there.

Consultation fees are not published online, so call ahead to ask. The clinic is at 503, Golden Icon, near Someshwar Jain Temple Cross Roads, 132 Feet Ring Road, Shyamal, Ahmedabad 380015. Phone +91 90993 87037 or email swastispineandmindcare@gmail.com.