I would like to first start off by saying Dr. and his team are absolutely amazing. I am 6 weeks post op from my spinal revision surgery. I had scoliosis correction surgery 6 years ago by a different surgeon. Both of my rods had broken and I was in intense pain. One of my rods […]
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Will my quality of life be OK many years after adolescent scoliosis diagnosis? How does it affect my loved ones? Can I be too old to get it fixed? Are there alternatives to surgery?
A week or so ago, I saw Mary Lou, a 73 yo woman from Hendersonville, NC back for follow-up for her severe scoliosis. Her curves have not progressed since her last visit, but her quality of life has continued to worsen, with husband reporting that she spends 70% of her time in a very special […]
52 yo gentleman relieved of sciatica agony with minimally / less invasive decompressive lumbar surgery
Feb 2 2015 Dear Hey Clinic Team, Ashlee, Tracy, Rachel and of course Dr. Hey, I can’t thank the entire Hey Clinic Team enough for providing me so much compassionate care. I was in so much pain, yet once I arrived at the clinic I immediately felt relief as everyone took on my […]
What is the life-long impact of early onset and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? 57 yo Laurie tells her story
As a surgeon, you learn a lot during medical school, residency, fellowships, courses, conferences, scientific articles, colleagues in societies like the Scoliosis Research Society, and books. But probably the biggest “teacher” is experience – experience listening to, and caring for patients. For the last 10 years at Hey Clinic, and almost 10 years before that […]
Does scoliosis surgery really help teenagers and adults to feel better about themselves and their posture, and ensure better quality of life?
We had great clinic yesterday, with lots of thankful 6 week postop visits from our pre-Christmas scoliosis “blitz” we had. It was so great to see so many precious teens and their parents back for follow-up with kids back to school, looking great and feeling great. We’ve also done a bunch of revision scoliosis and […]