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>>> WELCOME BACK TO GREAT DAY. OUR NEXT GUEST SUFFERED FROM A,
DOCTORS HAD TO PINPOINT THE
SOURCE OF HER PAIN AND FIX IT.
HERE TO SHARE THAT DISCOVERY IS
NEUROSURGEON AT MEMORIAL
HERMANN CYPRESS HOSPITAL AND
THE PATIENT CHRISTINA ZABO.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. OKAY SO THIS MYSTERY PAIN, WHAT
WAS HAPPENING WITH YOUR ARM?
>> I'M A HAIR STYLIST AT A IS A
LOP IN CYPRESS.
YOU WORK WITH YOUR ARMS AND YOU
MILL AROUND.
MILL AROUND. I WAS GETTING SHOOTING PAIN
DOWN MY ARMS.
NUMBNESS IN MY FINGERS.
I WASN'T ABLE TO HOLD FOILS AND
COMBS.
COMBS.
COMBS. >>
COMBS. >> YOU COULDN'T WORK.
>> PRETTY MUCH.
>> IT WAS REALLY IMPACTING YOUR
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. OFTEN TIME WHEN SOMETHING LIKE
THAT HAPPENS THERE CAN BE ALL
KINDS OF THINGS THAT COULD BE
THE REASON.
THE REASON. YOU HAD TO PLAY DETECTIVE TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE THE SOURCE IS.
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. CHRISTINA HAD TWO YEARS OF
ISSUES.
ISSUES.
ISSUES. BY THE TIME SHE CAME TO ME SHE
WAS DROPPING HER INSTRUMENTS.
SO AT THAT POINT SHE KEPT
LOOKING TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG
WITH HER.
WITH HER.
WITH HER. >> DON'T GO ON WEB MD.
IS IF YOU GOOGLE THOSE SYMPTOMS
THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS
THAT CAN BE HAPPENING.
>> IT'S TRUE.
WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE THE
PROBLEM IS.
PROBLEM IS. AT SOME POINT HER PROBLEM WAS
SHOULDER PAIN.
SHOULDER PAIN. IT STARTED IN THE NECK, WENT
DOWN HER SHOULDER, DOWN HER ARM
THEN STARTED LOSING DEXTERITY.
AT THAT POINT WE DO ALL KINDS
OF TESTS.
OF TESTS.
OF TESTS. WHEN THEY COME TO SOMEBODY WHO
IS CLEAN UP ALL OF HER SYMPTOMS
AND FOCUS ON WHAT HAS CAUSED
THE PROBLEM, AT THAT POINT WE
GOT THE MRI AND FIND OUT WHAT
THE PROBLEM IS.
USUALLY WE TREAT IT WITH
CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT.
CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT. PHYSICAL THERAPY, INJECTIONS,
TRACTION.
TRACTION.
TRACTION. CHRISTINA EVEN HAD MASSAGE AT
SOME POINT.
SOME POINT. NONE OF THIS MADE IT BETTER.
WE DISCUSSED SURGERY.
>> WHAT SHE HAD WAS?
>> WHAT SHE HAD WAS A PROCEDURE
CALLED DISK REPLACEMENT.
THE USUAL SURGERY IS A FUSION.
A PROCEDURE WHEN WE GO IN THE
FRONT OF THE NECK.
THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY IS GOING
TO WORK NOT FUSING THE NECK.
THERE'S DATA ON HOW WELL IT
DOES AND PEOPLE DO REALLY WELL
WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY.
DECREASING THE AMOUNT OR THE
CHANCES OF HER NEEDING SURGERY
DOWN THE ROAD.
>> WHAT USUALLY CAUSES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
AGE SOMETIMES?
AGE SOMETIMES? NOT THAT YOU.
>> AGE, POSTURE.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL JOBS THAT
REQUIRE CERTAIN THINGS.
LIKE BEING A HAIR STYLIST.
THAT'S TOUGH ON THE BODY
SOMETIMES.
SOMETIMES. >> CHRISTINA WORKS WITH HER
HANDS AND WORKS MOVING AROUND
AND CUTTING PEOPLES HAIR.
THIS CREATES CERTAIN MOVEMENTS
AND POSITIONS IN THE NECK THAT
CAN LEAD TO THIS.
>> YOU PUT IT OFF OR WAS IT
THAT NO ONE COULD TELL YOU WHAT
WAS GOING ON?
>> I DID PUT IT OFF FOR A
WHILE.
WHILE.
WHILE. I
WHILE. I DID START GOING TO DOCTORS
AND TRYING PHYSICAL THERAPY OR
JUST TAKING IBUPROFEN.
PHYSICAL THERAPY WASN'T
WORKING.
WORKING.
WORKING. >> IS IT BETTER TO COME IN AS
SOON AS YOU CAN OR SOMETHING
THAT YOU KIND OF DOING SELF-
DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICATION.
>> WE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY SOME
PAIN MEDICATION FIRST.
IF YOU START NOTICE THE MAYBE
DOWN THE ARM, WEAKNESS AND
NUMBNESS, HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.
THEN THE NERVE IS NOT WORKING
NORMAL.
NORMAL.
NORMAL. IN HER CASE THAT'S HER LIVING.
SHE NEEDS TO USE HER HANDS FOR
A LIVING AND WE DON'T WANT HER
TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE SHE
HAS TO RECOVER NOT ONLY FROM
PAIN AND NUMBNESS BUT WEAKNESS.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THATST NOT GOING TO GET BETTER.
WHAT WAS YOUR RECOVERY LIKE?
>> I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW
SURGERIES.
SURGERIES. THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
EASIEST ONES BECAUSE HE'S
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
AMAZING. >> THANK YOU.
>> REALLY THAT NECK BRACE THEY
GIVE YOU WAS THE BEST THING
EVER EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT VERY
CUTE.
CUTE.
CUTE. >>
CUTE. >> YOU CAN DRESS IT UP.
>> DOING THE IF PHYSICAL
THERAPY AFTERWARDS.
THERAPY AFTERWARDS. >> NOW WHEN YOU'RE AT WORK
YOU'RE GOOD?
YOU'RE GOOD? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. MUCH BETTER.
MUCH BETTER. EVERY DAY YOU COULD FEEL IT
GETTING BETTER.
GETTING BETTER. >> SOMEONE WHO SHOULD CONSIDER
THIS IS SOMEONE IF YOU'RE
HAVING THAT LEVEL OF PAIN.
THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE
BODY WE CAN DO THIS IN.
>> THERE'S PROBLEMS IN THE
LOWER BACK ALSO.
THERE'S DIFFERENT PROCEDURES
FOR THAT SOMETHING TO KEEP IN
MIND.
MIND.
MIND. >>
MIND. >> YOU MENTION THE WAY WE USED
TO DO IT VERSUS THE WAY WE DO
IT NOW.
IT NOW.
IT NOW. MORE OPTIONS THAN EVER.
DOWN TIME IS LESS AND LESS
TRAUMA TO THE BODY.
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> FOR MORE