Teamwork by Tiffany, Hey Clinic One of the many definitions of teamwork is, a cooperative or coordinated effort by a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.  Teamwork is used and applied in a variety of different settings including sports, corporations, marriages, law enforcement and the […]

Patricia had L2-S1 instrumentation and fusion done 10 yrs ago, and now has terrible spinal claudication and back and leg pain with severe degeneration, spondylolisthesis and stenosis above her old fusion. This morning I helped her by decompressing the compressed nerves, and stabilizing the spine 3 levels above the old fusion with instrumentation and bone […]

Email received yesterday to Hey Clinic PA Brittany, and physical therapist Rob, from “Mare”: Hey Rob and Brittany,   I just returned from my appointment with Dr. Evans (UNC geneticist) and he confirmed that I do have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, type 3 (hypermobile). First, I want to thank Brittany for taking my concerns seriously and being […]

Vera has had 3 children, with progressive back pain and noticable “shift” in her posture to the side over past 10 years. She had 43 degree mostly lumbar curve. Today, she had her curve corrected nearly 100% with a T11-L5 instrumentation and fusion with L45 TLIF. Her surgery took approximately 3 hours. Her estimated blood […]

This gentleman had several month history of progressive lower extremity weakness and numbness and clumsiness, with falls. This began after doing a lot of lifting when moving to new home on a golf course. His MRI and CT scan showed severe stenosis T89 and T9-T10, mostly from posterior ligamentous and facet hypertrophy, and some disc […]