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Relief for a Wounded Warrior

"Six months later, I'm sitting here with no pain down my leg and no pain in my back."
A team-based spine surgery eases years of back pain in an army veteran. A routine patrol of a village in Afghanistan more than a ...
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Back to Active

“My experience—from the first time I met a doctor to my follow-up visits—was extremely positive.”
At late middle age, former gymnast Cheryll still thrives on physical challenges. In addition to working out daily, she stays ...
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RWJUH Hamilton Spine Surgery Patient Gets His Life Back

"I felt like I got my life back."
Frank DiGiovanni, orthopedic patient at RWJUH Hamilton, Orthopedic & Spine Institute, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, shares in ...
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Reclaiming an Active Life

“Before the surgery, I was trying to put on a happy face,” she says. “Now, I am truly happy. I feel good inside and out.”
A pioneering endoscopic spine surgery gets a Springfield woman moving again. She might be retired, but Lisa Gergen’s to-do list ...
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Robotic Spine Surgery Brings Relief to a Police Officer in Pain

"I could barely walk before. Now I'm walking like a normal human with my arms swinging."
Retired police officer Obdulio (Jay) Serrano, Jr., remembers the on-duty incident well. “It was a bad domestic call,” says the ...
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New and Improved Spine Surgery

“I’m a veteran of three other big spine surgeries, but this is the most life-altering of all of them ... I couldn’t be happier”
The innovative “awake spinal fusion” procedure puts patients back in action faster. I had 20 years of back pain that got ...
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A Tale of Three Spine Surgeries

"It was a fast recovery. I feel much better."
One day in 2018, Denise Newkirk of Hamilton picked up her 1-year-old granddaughter and felt a sharp, burning pain in both legs. ...
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I Got My Life Back

Thanks to spine surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, a physician can walk without pain.
In the summer of 2019, Robert Silverbrook, DO, an internist with RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, was suffering from ...
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When a Nurse Becomes a Patient

"The surgery ... was a reminder of the faith and trust patients place in us and the responsibility we have toward them.”
Surgery for a Serious Back Problem Allowed a Healthcare Provider to Walk Down the Aisle at Her Wedding The first half of 2020 ...
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