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Deborah Branson says back pain kept her from returning to her physical job, and nothing she tried over a couple of years worked. She says Dr. Melamed was the first person to explain what was wrong and how he could fix it. Three months after surgery in June, she says she was walking the next day and is ready to start physical therapy and return to work.
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Medically reviewed byDr. Hooman Melamed, MD, FAAOS
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All right, Miss Branson, do we have your permission to record this and post this online and social media? Yes. Thank you. Please go ahead.
Hi, my name is Deborah Branson, and in April I was in so much pain from my back that I was unable to return to work, and I do have a physical job. And I have been doing many things to try to get my back better over the last couple of years, but nothing was working.
And I met Dr. Melamed. He was the first person to explain to me what was wrong with me and how he could fix me, and he seemed very capable, intelligent, caring, and I knew that if I was going to have surgery that he was the man I wanted to do it.
And that’s what we did. We did surgery in June. It’s been three months. My, I was walking the next day, and after one month things just, my recovery went so much faster. It’s been three months now. I’m healed up and ready to start physical therapy and go back to work in a month. And so it was a, it was, it turned out really well. I’m very thankful. Dr. Melamed is a great doctor. Thank you. Thank you very much.
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