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Back to Pickleball After Disc Surgery · Patient video shared by The Spine Pro
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About this video
A personal trainer from Santa Barbara was hurt playing pickleball. An earlier visit found nothing wrong with the spine, but the symptoms went on for months. A client suggested Dr. Melamed, whose repeat MRI showed a ruptured disc with an extrusion pressing on a nerve root. Surgery followed four days later. The patient says there was almost no pain afterward and that four days after the operation they were coaching at a pickleball tournament.
Patient experiences are individual. Individual results vary.
Transcribed from the video's audio, edited for punctuation, capitalization and paragraph breaks. Filler sounds such as "um" are left out, and clearly misheard names and medical terms are corrected. Words that could not be made out are marked [inaudible].
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My name is Jill. I live in Santa Barbara. I’m a personal trainer and I play a lot of pickleball and work with pickleball players and a few months ago I hurt myself on the court while I was playing and I went to a local orthopedist and at the time I was told there was nothing wrong with my spine, but I went on for a couple of months. I had a lot of symptoms.
I know my body well and a client of mine encouraged me to come to Dr. Melamed and I came. He did a repeat MRI, discovered that I had ruptured a disc and that I had an extrusion compressing on a nerve root and he was able to make himself available four days later for me to have surgery and I went from, I wasn’t able to drive down to Dr. Melamed the first time that I came because I was in too much pain to drive. I had to hire a driver and here I am.
I drove down today. I feel amazing. I felt amazing since the surgery. He uses a non-opioid approach.
I essentially had no pain after my surgery which is incredible. I was up and going. He was able to get me to go coach a pickleball tournament four days after my surgery. And I’m incredibly grateful.
I would recommend anybody see him. Thank you very much.
Dr. Melemed is truly the best! He genuinely cares about his patients, and it shows in every aspect of the care he provides. I recently had an outpatient procedure, and I cannot say enough about how impressed I was with the surgery center. …
Dr. Melamed is an exceptional physician. I initially came to him for my spine concerns, but he took the time to look at the bigger picture, truly listen, and help me find the right resources and specialists for a separate, complex medical condition outside his specialty. …
I was incapacitated, couldn’t stand, sit or walk. The pain was excruciating. I’ll spare you the diagnosis, but it was serious. I could only lie down with my foot up to reduce the pain. It required EMERGENCY surgery. …
I had a great experience at The Spine Pro with Dr. Hooman Melamed. From the moment I arrived, the staff (Paty, Sarah and Nelly) were welcoming, professional, and attentive. Everyone took the time to answer my questions and made me feel comfortable throughout the entire process. …
I want to thank Dr. Melamed for taking great care of me. Dr. Melamed performed a minimally invasive microdiscectomy to free nerve that was being pinched and causing pain in my back and in my leg. Dr. Melamed’s approach is a very conservative, which I very much appreciate. …
