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Permanent Disability – Needless??

posted in: Stories of Surgical Despair |

Please do not let this happen to you, your family, or friends. The downside of failed spine surgery can be catastrophic, and it is impossible for you, as a patient, to comprehend how bad it can be. Complications happen with every surgeon, including me. That is not the issue. The … Read More

catastrophic complications, chronic pain, mental pain, prehab, spine surgery, spine surgery complications

Prehab – Optimizing Surgical Outcomes

posted in: Stage 5, Stage 5: Step 1 |

“Prehab” is refers to a patient engaging in a rehabilitation process before surgery. There are well-documented factors that affect pain and surgical outcomes. It’s important to implement treatments to address all of them prior to undergoing a procedure with significant risks. Chronic pain infiltrates every aspect of life. You have … Read More

chronic pain, curable, optimizing surgery, prehab, take control

It is Becoming Harder to Make a Living as a Surgeon………

posted in: Recent, Stage 5, Stage 5: Step 1 |

When I began my surgical practice in 1986, I was convinced that spine surgery was a definitive solution for pain, and I aggressively offered many patients surgery. I eventually learned much better ways to solve pain; usually without surgery. I never dreamed that even surgical patients could have their pain … Read More

Hippocratice oath, pain free, prehab, spine surgery

Back in Control – Second Edition

posted in: Stage 1, Stage 1: Step 1 |

The second edition of Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain will be available November 17th, 2016. Why did I write a second edition? The first book was based on my personal experience and observing the successes with my patients. A great deal of new neuroscience research … Read More

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