What is Scoliosis?
Scoliosis is a condition that causes curves in your spine. While some curves in the spine are normal, scoliosis causes large curves from side to side. These severe curves can cause pain and breathing issues. … Continue reading
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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
Ben Moore – The Surgeon’s Perspective
Ben Moore: Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
Michelle Moore: Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Max W. Cohen, MD, FAAOS, treated a mother and son, Michelle and Ben Moore, who had different forms of the same condition, spondylolisthesis, which is a slippage of one vertebra onto the other. … Continue reading
Ben Moore – Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
Ben Moore Martinsville, VA
Isthmic spondylolisthesis
“Now I don’t have any pain. I can just play baseball.”
As a child, Ben Moore was a natural athlete who loved sports. In elementary school and middle school, he played baseball, football and basketball. … 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 – The Surgeon’s Perspective
Joyce Cantrell: Adult Scoliosis and Degenerative Disc Disease
Max W. Cohen, MD, FAAOS, who corrected Joyce Cantrell’s curvature in spinal fusion surgery, notes that adult scoliosis is most common in women – and difficult for many surgeons to treat.
“Most doctors won’t even attempt to tackle a case like this – … 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
Stephanie Demetrelis – Idiopathic adolescent scoliosis
Stephanie Demetrelis Archdale, NC
Idiopathic adolescent scoliosis
“Now I can do what I want and not have to worry about being in pain all the time.”
When Stephanie Demetrelis was 13, she bent over a coffee table at her home – and in that one second, … Continue reading
The Parts of Your Spine and How They Work
The spine is one of the most important parts of your body. Without it, you could not keep yourself upright or even stand up. Your spine gives your body structure and support. It allows you to move and bend. The spine also protects your spinal cord. … Continue reading