Neurosurgeon Ends Patient’s Debilitating Pain Farhad Sedigh, 54, had been active throughout his life. “I played sports in high school and college,” the Rancho Mirage resident relates, “and I always hiked, and played golf, racquetball and soccer.” But all that “dropped...
Severe oSteoporoSiS had taken a toll on Richard Krueger’s body and life. By age 63, degenerative changes in his cervical spine (neck) resulted in kyphosis, a forward-falling posture of the neck. As a result, he was unable to support his head in its normal position...
Kristen Martinez and her husband have a blended family that includes five active children ages 11 and younger. The successful local business owner has played sports her entire life, including collegiate volleyball. Three years ago, Martinez hurt her neck while playing...
It was a lIttle more than a year ago that John Fletcher, a transportation security administration (TSA) screener at the Palm Springs International Airport noticed something unusual. “I had this ache in my back,” remembers Fletcher. “I thought I had pulled some...
Ten years ago I woke up at midnight with grinding pain running from arm pit to fingers. We lived on an isolated ridge in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains so running to the hospital wasn’t an option. All I could do was climb into the bath tub hoping it would...
