After Neck Surgery | Jim, American Power Lifter | Texas Back Institute | Plano,Tx

Jim, a power lifting coach, from Arlington suffered from debilitating neck pain which radiated into his arm. The pain and numbness was so bad that he had trouble twisting a doorknob.

In September 2011, after competing at a National power lifting championship, Jim first noticed his neck pain. When asked about his pain, Jim said "In December 2011 I could not even put the bar on my back to do a squat because it hurt too much." Jim turned to Dr. Michael Duffy from the Texas Back Institute. Dr. Duffy Found that Jim had a degenerative disc, through his heavy lifting and exercise the disc herniated causing pressure on one of the nerves going into Jim's arm. Dr. Duffy performed an Anterior Cervical Fusion, a minimally invasive surgery that relieved the pressure on the nerve and corrected space between vertebrae. Jim went home the next day and four months later was back to lifting.
Eleven months after Jim's surgery he set a new American record in the 65+ age group for the squat press at 402 lbs. Jim said, "I thought I would never lift again," but after his recovery He now says, "I still have bigger goals." Texas Back Institute has 15 locations in North Texas.
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