Mary is a delightful woman from Princeton, NJ who has been suffering with severe progressive scoliosis for many years. She had been told there was no hope / no cure for her problem, and her pain continued to increase. She travelled 468 miles down from Princeton to see us a couple months ago, after hearing […]
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Alex back to school and golf two weeks after idiopathic scoliosis surgery. Parent Update.
Dear Dr. Hey Just wanted to say thank you once again for all your hard work and touch base on Alex’s progress. Alex just “drove” home from a “full” day of school. It is exactly 2 weeks post-op today (Tuesday April 8th) and our entire family continues to be amazed at his rapid recovery. Alex experiences […]
Can you play sports after scoliosis surgery? Yes, you can be athletic after spinal fusion. Playing Golf 13 days after scoliosis surgery.
I received an email from Alex today, who came up from Florida 2 weeks ago to have his scoliosis fixed. He is back home in Florida, getting back into golf, and working hard with a trainer. His email is below, along with some pictures from his time with us at Hey Clinic, and Duke Raleigh […]
Early good word from grateful patient from South Carolina after revision lumbar surgery
Yesterday I received this note from a patient today, who had a failed microsurgery laminectomy performed elsewhere several months ago, and had severe postoperative pain and leg weakness. A week ago yesterday, I performed a 2 level revision decompression and fusion, here at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Intra-operatively, it was interesting to see that the amount […]
Lacrosse (LAX) Neck Injury: C67 cervical fracture with severe arm numbness and pain, fixed today C67 foraminotomy and instrumentation/fusion
Last Thursday, this 18 yo senior Varsity lacrosse player at local school had a severe blow to his head while checking another player in his chest, using his head and shoulder (possible “spearing” injury).He had immediate severe pain and numbness and some weakness in left upper extremity, and came off the field.His arm pain and […]