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From Nerve Pain Back to Triathlon Training · Patient video shared by The Spine Pro
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About this video
A triathlete arrived limping and sleeping two and a half hours a night because of nerve pain running from the back down the leg to the toes. The patient says the plan was presented as a recommendation, not an ultimatum, and that recovery went the way it was explained. Six months after surgery, they say they are pain-free and about to start training again.
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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Hi everybody. My name is Will Bauer. I am a patient of Dr. Melamed’s. This place is very sacred to me because of the life-changing experience that I had.
I walked into this place with a limp with not more than two and a half hours of sleep at night without having to wake up due to nerve pain shooting from my back down my buttock all the way to my toes and my leg. And the information, first and foremost, the amount of information and accuracy that I got here, the peace of mind of knowing what the next steps would be as a recommendation, not as an ultimatum, was incredible. And once we decided to move forward with the procedure, I was also explained from the get-go, step one, step two, this is what you’re gonna feel like, this is what the recovery is gonna look like. And I have to say there was a hundred percent accuracy in what I was told.
Follow-ups were amazing. Today is a six month mark of my surgery. And from here, I’m going to the gym. And as of tomorrow, I will resume my triathlete life, which hopefully if everything goes well, I will be doing a half Ironman in the next four months and a full Ironman in the next nine months.
So I went from Ironman to old man to now titanium and six months after surgery, I am pain free. 100% pain free.
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. …
