From: Nick Date: September 21, 2008 10:41:16 PM EDT To: Dr. Hey Subject: Emily’s Email and Pictures Hello Dr. Hey: We got your message Friday evening and our family email address is >>>>> After we met Friday, I had my first Softball tournament since the weekend before my surgery. We did really well. We finished […]
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Hey Clinic Surgery Today: 13 yo boy with severe Sheuermann’s Kyphosis Now Straight
This morning we helped Hunter and his family. Hunter just recently turned 13, and has had increasing severe kyphosis. His X-Rays showed significant wedging of several thoracic vertebra, suggesting Scheuermann’s Kyphosis. This morning I restored Hunter’s original normal shape through a posterior instrumentation and fusion using cobalt chrome rods and thoracic pedicle screw instrumentation. His […]
Adolescent Scoliosis Patient back playing competitive softball within first 3 months of surgery. FW: Hey Clinic
From: NickSent: Monday, September 22, 2008 2:42 PMTo: Meredith RaileySubject: Re: Hey Clinic Hey Meredith So you were able to get the photos. Great! Thank you again for all ya’ll have done. We were very proud this weekend and every one was amazed. Emily has been involved with travel softball for 6 years, and all […]
Lifelong Spine Care at Hey Clinic. The age range of success stories seen today in clinic
At Hey Clinic, we do life-long scoliosis care, from small children, through adolescent, young adult, middle-aged adults, and older adults. In the picture above, we can see an example of the age range of guests we have served, and seen in clinic just today and yesterday. Each guest and their family has their own goals, […]
Preoperative questions about possible lost flexibility (stiffness) after scoliosis spinal fusion.
I received this email earlier this afternoon from an approximately woman with a collapsing thoracolumbar scoliosis with increasing back and hip pain who has tried all conservative therapies, and is not considering spinal instrumentation and fusion, with lumbar laminectomies and osteotomies. She had a few more questions, and had been in touch with some of […]