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| Brian Spoljarick |
| As a shooter and point guard on the University of Michigan-Dearborn basketball team, Brian says that he "went from inactive status to 100% participation" after suffering from severe lower back pain radiating into his legs. Special spinal injections and rehabilitative therapy made all the difference. "Without successful treatment at the Michigan Sports and Spine Center, I couldn't have played," Brian says.
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| Angela Culcasi |
| "I wasn't able to do much of anything for over eight years due to constant pain in my back," Angela remarks. "I even made visits to the emergency room because it was so bad, and another physician that I'd seen over the entire period of time wasn't able to help me." Things changed, however, when Angela visited Dr. Pierce.
Disc dehydration in her spine caused scar tissue to form, restricting blood flow and producing pain that at times, Angela says, "was so bad I could barely breathe."
A program of injections and physical herapy have allowed Angela to return to a normal life. "Dr. Pierce is my angel," Angela concludes. "He's the only one who helped."
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| Carol Middel |
| Before seking help from the Michigan Sports and Spine Center, Carol states that she "couldn't stand without crutches" and often had to resort to using a wheelchair. An MRI (magnetic resonance image) revealed that she was suffering from a herniated disc pressing against her sciatic nerve. Three nerve-root injections over a period of treatment made her "85% better, depending on the weather" and Carol has resumed a much more active lifestyle |
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| Clyde Sutton |
| A serious automobile accident in 1979 pinned then-Detroit Police Officer Clyde Sutton against the dashboard of his squad car. The traumatic injuries suffered to his lower back, along with fractured cervical vertebrae in his neck were the beginning of a long, difficult road for Clyde. But, he did recover and returned to work, only to again suffer a horrendous accident in 1996 when he was almost crushed between a house and an out-of-control truck.
In fact, Clyde was virtually bedridden when in 1999 he was referred to Dr. Jeff Pierce. Serious physical therapy combined with selective nerve root injections and slowly Clyde improved...to the point where he could actually walk without the cane that had been his companion for years. "I was feeling MONSTROUSLY better!" as Clyde puts it in his particularly exuberant style. "After 20 years of pain and misery, I'm back in the game of life," Clyde adds. "I would recommend Dr. Pierce to anyone! I don't think I could have found a better doctor anywhere!"
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