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My day today at the SRS Meeting here in Chicago started at 6:45 am with breakfast, and looking over many of the poster presentations, and having a wonderful meeting with Steve Schwab from SurgiMap regarding their spinal deformity measurement software.  We are working on ways to integrate tools like SurgiMap into our Hey Clinic comprehensive […]

Well, some people are into motorcycles or cars, some are into music, and some are into fishing…. but… for those of us who are REALLY into scoliosis and kyphosis, the annual Scoliosis Research Society is the absolute must go to “Rock Concert!” I just walked into this huge hall here at Chicago Sheraton, and I […]

Dear Dr. Hey, Here are my responses to your questions: 1.     1. I’ll list off a baker’s dozen (in no particular order): 1.     The patient’s history is the most important information you need in order to figure out a course of action. 2.     The procedure for the physical examination performed on each patient; I […]

I am sitting in the “Golden Crown” Family Restaurant in Lansing, Illinois, about 30 minutes south of Chicago.  I’ve got my laptop open, connected with my Verizon phone Hotspot.  Just sent back the Baked Scrod, which was really quite inedible. First time in my whole life I’ve sent something back! The Cobb salad just arrived […]

At Hey Clinic, we treat patients of the entire age spectrum with scoliosis, from young children with congenital and early onset scoliosis, through the adolescent idiopathic period, young and older adult.  Over the years it has been helpful to treat this wide age range, since we get a chance to see the effect of different […]