My staff surprised me today with a huge pot luck Thanksgiving lunch they had put together, including a home-made ginger-bread house made by “Pic” and SarahRuth. I kept my meal very “low carb” today, taking only a short break to enjoy a piece of ham and turkey with cold diet Coke! In this picture you […]
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Will scoliosis surgery make my quality of life better or worse? Will I ever be able take long walks and enjoy family again? Or will it be the biggest mistake I have ever made and regret it? Andrea tells her story 2 months postop.
Every Thursday morning at Hey Clinic, we gather as a team to discuss upcoming surgery guests, and work on ways to continue to improve quality of care. One of the things we do is share thank you cards that are sent to our clinic staff each week. Below is a note that we received on […]
Can congenital scoliosis become painful in adults? Can it be fixed?
At Hey Clinic, we see quite a few young children with congenital scoliosis, some of whom have other congenital abnormalities like heart disease, kidney disease, or other extremity or neurologic abnormalities. For many children, congenital scoliosis is not a big deal — they are often stable, with good spinal balance and often don’t progress during […]
Will I lose flexibility in my spine with a scoliosis or kyphosis instrumentation and fusion?
Ben, 18, several months postop from scoliosis surgery One of the common questions we get from our adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and kyphosis patients and parents, as well as our adult patients and some of our early onset scoliosis patients is this: “Will I (or my child) lose mobility in my spine after I have a […]
Postop Patient/Husband Video: Adolescent followed by adult progressive scoliosis — is there any chance for good deformity correction and pain relief?
There is no doubt that we would always like to PREVENT the progression of scoliosis in adulthood before it gets to the point that it causes a significant drop off in quality of life as well as posture and appearance, but there are certainly many times we end up seeing people come into Hey Clinic […]