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Spine Center

Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Comprehensive Spine Care

Our highly-skilled multi-disciplinary team treats a wide range of spine conditions. We work collaboratively to provide treatment plans created specifically for each patient.

Conditions treated

  • acute and chronic neck pain
  • disc degeneration and disc herniation
  • spinal stenosis
  • spinal fractures
  • pain resulting from arthritis or cancer
  • whiplash
  • scoliosis
  • chronic muscular spasms

Spine surgery

Spine surgeon Dr. Peter J. Dirksmeier of the Wentworth Health Partners Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine practice specializes in disorders affecting cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine problems. He also treats patients who have undergone failed previous operative and non-operative treatments for chronic spine problems.

Read Spine Center Q&A with Dr. Dirksmeier

Multi-disciplinary team

We offer state-of-the art diagnostic and interventional pain treatments,  available through our collaboration with the largest outpatient physiatry group in New Hampshire. Patients benefit from an all-encompassing approach to treating and preventing a wide variety of spine related problems, with input from orthopedic, behavioral health, pain management and physical therapy groups.

Our team also includes experienced nurses, case managers, spine-trained physical therapists, a behavioral health psychologist, a nutritionist and a specialist in smoking cessation. Our Spine Center coordinator assists patients following the initial review, providing referrals to specialists, as needed.

Contact Us

Call 603-742-2007 


Orthopedic Surgery

Peter Dirksmeier, MD

Portsmouth and Somersworth locations

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