Spine care that starts with the whole body.
Dr. Shrinath Viswanath is both an orthopedic surgeon and a spine specialist based in Koregaon Park, Pune. His orthopedic training — completed before his spine specialisation — shapes the way every consultation is approached.
The spine doesn't exist in isolation. Hip alignment, knee mechanics, and postural load all directly affect spinal health. A stiff hip forces the lumbar spine to compensate with every step. Tight hip flexors from a desk job load the lower discs. Treating the spine without understanding the whole body misses the clinical picture.
This is why every consultation begins with a movement assessment — not just an imaging review. What a patient does walking into the room tells the story that no scan can.
Hip joint dysfunction is one of the most common causes of what presents as back pain. Limited hip rotation changes how you walk, stand, and load your lumbar spine — for every step, every day. Treating the back without addressing the hip will not resolve the problem.
Desk workers in Pune typically sit for eight to ten hours a day. Over time, this posture shortens the hip flexors, rounds the thoracic spine, and forward-shifts the head — loading the cervical and lumbar discs asymmetrically. This is an orthopedic and spinal problem simultaneously.
Athletes present with injuries that sit at the intersection of orthopedics and spine. A cricket bowler's lumbar stress fracture. A swimmer's cervical strain. A runner's SI joint dysfunction. These require a clinician who can see both dimensions at once.
Osteoporosis affects spinal vertebrae before most other bones. In patients with osteoporotic fractures or fragility concerns, a spine specialist with orthopedic training is best placed to address both the fracture and the underlying bone health — preventing recurrence.
Orthopedic care at this practice focuses on musculoskeletal conditions that either contribute to spine pain or present alongside it.
Individual condition pages are not published for orthopedic care — the conditions are assessed in the context of each patient's full clinical picture. All orthopedic consultations route to the same booking form as spine consultations.
Orthopedic care at this practice is measured by function — not imaging findings. An MRI showing degenerative changes is not, by itself, a measure of outcome. Whether a patient can return to their sport, their job, or their daily life is.
Treatment options are discussed openly — conservative management, physiotherapy referral, pain management, and surgical options where clinically indicated. The right treatment depends on the specific patient, not a protocol.
"The measure of success is not a better scan. It's a patient who can do the things that matter to them — work, sport, family, movement."
Same booking form. Same team. Koregaon Park Clinic or Apollo Clinic, Pune.
Bring any imaging you have — or we'll arrange it from here.