9 years ago this past week, I met a young lady named Angela from North Raleigh, NC who was about to start high school. Her pediatrician noticed a hump on her back, and sent her to me for possible scoliosis. It turned out that she had thoracolumbar curve over 50 degrees with a very large […]
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Back from vacation….”She Looks AWESOME” text from Bree’s Mom correction of 110 degree Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS)
This Wednesday I got back from a wonderful two and a half week vacation with family, which included some phenomenal time out in the Pacific Northwest, including Glacier National Park — breathtakingly beautiful!!! If you ever get the chance to go there, GO!! Also got a chance to see San Juan Islands, Seattle, and Helena, […]
Matthew flipping off a trampolene doing well 1 year after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery.
We saw Matthew and his mom today in clinic for his 1 year postop visit after his adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery, doing very well. Mom then sent me this email, with a picture of Matthew doing a flip off of a water trampoline!!! ———————- Forwarded message ———-From: Kristen Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:52 PMSubject: MatthewTo: […]
9 yo Janelle’s smile tells the whole story: the final step of early onset scoliosis after Shilla Technique.
Back in December 2010, over 3 years ago, Dr. Rick McCarthy, (an SRS colleague) and I worked together to help Janelle, a 6 yo with a severe 110 degree early onset scoliosis, using an anterior fusion/release followed by the Shilla Technique — a special growing rod technique that Dr. McCarthy has helped develop. Yesterday, I […]
Re: Sydney: Watch “Horse back riding after scoli surgery?” on YouTube
Julie, Thanks for the photo and your encouraging note! I unlocked the YouTube video so you can see it, and put together a new blog just now with the new photo, and the videos and photo together! Here's the link: http://drlloydhey.blogspot.com/2014/07/fwd-sydney-watch-horse-back-riding.html Would you be willing to look up Hey Clinic on Google Maps and give […]