Shelia is active and an athlete and she tells her story of a herniated disc. She was experiencing numbness and got into see Dr. Todd VanderHeiden the same day. She talks about her road to recovery after minimally invasive spine surgery. She called Dr VanderHeiden and invited him to do the Manitou Incline to celebrate getting back to doing what she loved to do!
Dr. Michael Lersten is a doctor at Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center in Westminster. He is a specialist in Pain Management. As a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist he provides ultrasound guided injections to help relieve the pain from orthopedic injuries in the spine, hip, knee, shoulder, knee and elbow.
Dr Taylor Abel is a Physiatrist and he specializes in electrodiagnostic medicine and nerve conduction studies at Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center. He can test nerves to see if there could be impingement causing pain and he specializes in caring for patients with spine pain and offers ultrasound guided injections and helps create treatment plans and lifestyle modifications to help patients with pain feel better.
Dr. Lersten and Dr. VanderHeiden talk about pairing non-operative and operative spine care to help patients with back pain and leg pain or sciatica.
Marylee is a Leadville resident who loves to hike. She started having pain in her SI joint. She had debilitating pain from arthritis in her low back that started to affect her ability to hike and be active. She chose Dr Desai to help her get back to snowshoeing and hiking by getting an SI joint implant. As his oldest patient, At 84, Marylee had a great experience and she is back to doing the activities she loves.
Dr Desai explains how you get arthritis in the SI joint. Trauma, falls or even degenerative changes can cause pain in the low pack - SI joint. He discusses a newer surgery with SI implants that can be used to relieve the pain and restore function. The SI joint implant can stop the rotation in the SI joint and therefore eliminate pain permanently.
Dr. Bharat Desai discusses SI low back pain, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options. Learn more about Dr. Desai: https://www.panoramaortho.com/find-a-doctor/dr-bharat-desai/
Meet Dr. VanderHeiden, our newest orthopedic spine surgeon at Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center. Having completed his fellowship at Panorama, we are incredibly excited to have him join our team.
Linda suffered from scoliosis for years. She sought help from Dr. Amit Agarwala at Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center. One of Dr. Agarwala's specialities is scoliosis, so Linda was in good hands. Now Linda is living life without pain holding her back!
Matt's story of miraculous recovery after being paralyzed in a mountain biking accident.
Joint Dr. Michael Drewek as he discusses common causes for back pain. He talks about the diagnostic process and treatment options.
Being from Golden, Colorado, Jack Placchi has always led an active lifestyle. Jack had become limited in his activities due to degenerative discs. After some time, the pain had become debilitating. Jack made the life-changing decision to have a minimally invasive spine surgery from Dr. Lonnie Loutzenhiser from Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center. Today, Jack is back to enjoying beautiful Colorado bike trails.