Back pain and scoliosis:
Victoria finds relief
Victoria lived with back pain for years – impeding her ability to walk, stand, and lead a normal life as a teenager. “It made my whole life uncomfortable,” Victoria says. “I would stand for 30 minutes and it [the pain] would just get worse.” When the back pain became too much for Victoria to handle, she was referred to Dr. Stephen George, who diagnosed her with idiopathic scoliosis and recommended surgical intervention.
Dr. George corrected Victoria’s scoliosis using the Everest Spinal System. When she saw her x-rays after the surgery, Victoria couldn’t believe that the x-rays were of her spine. She was able to return to school after three weeks and start physical activity after six months, just in time for her high school graduation festivities. Now, Victoria is a college student studying to be a counseling psychologist. “Everything leading up to it, doing the surgery, it was worth it,” Victoria says. “It changed the way I lived.”
“Everything leading up to it, doing the surgery, it was worth it. It changed the way I lived.”
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Victoria
Back pain and scoliosis patient
Watch Dr. George and Victoria talk about scoliosis treatment
How Janet recovered from a vertebral (spine) compression fracture
When Janet fell to the floor after tripping on the stairs in her Louisiana home, she knew something wasn’t right. After experiencing several weeks of lower back pain that wasn’t improving, she reached out to her doctor and learned she had suffered from a compression fracture in her spine, a broken bone that can cause the vertebrae to collapse and become shorter.
Janet worked with Dr. Jason Smith to learn about the treatment options for her T11 vertebral compression fracture, or ‘VCF’ for short. He performed a kyphoplasty, a minimally invasive procedure to help restore function to her spine. “She did great. She was able to move and came in on her own at two weeks without any sort of independent devices, like a brace or walker. She was back to doing her normal things pretty quickly,” says Dr. Smith. “If someone was going to have the procedure I had and is wondering if they should or not, absolutely have it. It allows me to do the things I need to do,” says Janet.
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