Today we celebrated Tracy’s birthday with a very special “protein bar cake” complete with candles. This gave us a chance to get our full Hey Clinic Team Photo! In back row, from L to R, we have Jaclyn (PA), Jennifer (Billing), Meredith (Patient Care Coordinator), Amber (Check-Out), Melissa (Radiographic Technologist) and Tiffany (Front Desk Coordinator) […]
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29 yo woman with progressive scoliosis, who was told her curve would not progress as a teenager. How does scoliosis progress as an adult? What affect does pregnancy have on scoliosis?
Yesterday Jaclyn and I saw a lovely 29 yo woman at Hey Clinic who was diagnosed with a R thoracic scoliosis as a young teenager. The curve was followed with serial X-Rays, and by the time she turned 17 and had stopped growing, her thoracic curve was 30 degrees, and her lumbar compensatory curve was […]
FW: Two Years after Surgery with Hey Clinic.
—–Original Message—– From: Tim ________________ To: Dr. Lloyd Hey Sent: Mon Sep 24 14:10:54 2007 Subject: Two Years Hello Dr. Hey, on September 19th I reached a major milestone, that being my two year anniversary of having you fix my chronic back problem. Truthfully, I can not think of any restriction I place on myself […]
Natural History of Adolescent Scoliosis Curve Progression as a Function of Degree of Curvature and Age. Scoliosis Bracing Decision Requires More Information and Dialogue, not simple rule.
Back in 1989 when I was a Junior Resident at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program, I did my first rotation at Boston Children’s Hospital, and learned a very simple rule to use in their busy scoliosis clinic: If there is any significant growth remaining, consider putting the child/adolescent in a brace if: Cobb angle 30-39 […]
Duke Pre-Med Student, Jing, shares some reflections on her summer “shadow” internship experience with Hey Clinic
My Experience at the Hey Clinic When Duke University’s Health Careers Exploration Program first informed me that I would be shadowing Dr. Hey in the Hey clinic this past summer, I was so excited. I started looking through the clinic’s website, and reading the blogs online. I hadn’t ever heard of a spinal clinic before […]