Artie Meyers, a 74-year-old plumber from Port Jefferson Station, hurt his back while unloading a boiler from the back of his Jeep in 2018. He suffered with severe back pain after the incident. When he got a postcard in the mail about a Back & Neck Pain Center seminar at Mather Hospital, he signed up. …
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In late December 2018, Teri Connors of Center Moriches was experiencing tightness in her lower back. The next day, she was immobilized in pain. She sought relief from various local providers including a nearby walk-in clinic, an orthopedic surgeon, and a local emergency room. None of them could diagnose her problem and give her the…
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Jeanine Morelli, an active 41-year-old mother of two, had sudden, severe back pain. When she started to experience excruciating pain down her left leg, she knew something wasn’t right. After multiple trips to her doctor and then a visit to Mather Hospital’s Emergency Room, she was referred to the Hospital’s Back & Neck Pain Center.…
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Working in construction for 40 years as a union electrician, Arnaldo Ortiz was used to having back pain. “Sometimes it would get better and sometimes it would get worse,” he said. He tried different types of treatment but nothing helped. He read about the Back & Neck Pain Center seminar at Mather Hospital and decided…
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Deborah Martinez is a home care nurse, who always had problems with her neck. A previous MRI showed that she had a slightly herniated disc. However, last year she developed severe pain and numbness down her right arm and knew she needed to address the issue. She was losing function in her right arm and…
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George Olsen, a retired construction worker and volunteer firefighter, had such debilitating neck pain that he got to the point where he could not move his neck. He was no stranger to injuries, bumps and bruises, having worked in construction throughout his career. But when he was trying to put three vanities back together and…
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