We had 2 full clinics this week, on Wednesday and Friday, and saw many wonderful families. On Friday afternoon, I saw a delightful family with 15 yo twins, both with scoliosis, and one with cerebral palsy.  Both of their curves were in the 30 degree range, and will need further follow-up. While both of these […]

Tuesday afternoon, we helped Virginia, who is a 64 yo woman, who came up to see us from Florida (near Sarasota), with severe back pain and trouble walking.  She had a previous L4-S1 noninstrumented fusion done 30+ years ago, and had done well for many years.  Over past few years, however, she developed increasing low […]

Jillian is a delightful, small-framed 17 yo girl with a severe double-curve scoliosis. On Tuesday, I performed a T5-L4 spinal reconstruction for her. Unlike 22 yo Ashley Monday, Jillian’s upper and lower curve were still nice and flexible.  Her ribs were also fairly flexible. As a result, I was able to get a near 100% […]

Monday afternoon we helped Mary, who I had corrected a huge scoliosis 10 months ago. She did very well until a month or so ago, when she took a very severe fall, falling down several stairs. She subsequently developed increasing back pain. Her X-Rays and CT confirm that she broke both of her rods near […]

Monday, we helped a 22 yo young lady who had a 78 degree thoracic scoliosis, with some breathing difficulties secondary to decreased pulmonary capacity, exposure to her grandmother’s smoking, with chronic bronchitis, and possibly a mild cystic fibrosis condition.  She had known scoliosis as a teenager, but her parents did not arrange for ongoing follow-up […]