Monthly Archives: November 2014

Michelle Moore – Degenerative spondylolisthesis

Michelle Moore Martinsville, VA
Degenerative spondylolisthesis
“The surgery helped so much with my pain.”
Michelle Moore traces her initial back problems to the same accident that injured her son Ben in 2004. At the hospital after the accident, doctors told her she had a disc that was bulging slightly. … Continue reading

Rick Chaney – The Surgeon’s Perspective

Rick Chaney: Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion (also called Minimal Incision Lumbar Fusion)
In the Q and A below, Max W. Cohen, MD, FAAOS, discusses this procedure and how it can help patients.
Q: Your patient Rick Chaney was among the first in the county to have a procedure called a minimally invasive posterior lumbar fusion (or minimal incision spine surgery). … Continue reading

Joyce Cantrell – Adult Scoliosis and Degenerative Disc Disease

Joyce Cantrell Greensboro, NC
Adult Scoliosis and Degenerative Disc Disease
“I tell everyone Dr. Cohen is a miracle worker.”
Joyce Cantrell suffered from back and joint problems from an early age, just like her sisters, her mother, her grandmother and her great-grandmother before her. … Continue reading

Faye Bunker – Degenerative Disc Disease, with Cervical Spondylotic Myeloradiculopathy and Low Back Pain

Faye Bunker Greensboro, NC
Degenerative Disc Disease, with Cervical Spondylotic Myeloradiculopathy and Low Back Pain
“I’m totally pain-free for the first time in 10 years.”
Osteoarthritis and degenerative disc disease run in Faye Bunker’s family. Her sister and her younger brother, … Continue reading