Robert P.

Location: Aptos, California
Treatment: Ankle Replacement Surgery
Outcome: "One of my goals with this operation was to regain that quality of life that I had lost—I wanted to be able to golf, dance and walk without the constant pain.  Six months following surgery, I have no pain, am walking straight, have taken up Tai Chi, exercise with weights at home and stretch whenever I can. For anyone looking at ankle replacement surgery, all I can say is not to put if off like I did."

Robert's Story: Read More

Byrne K.

Age: 65
Outcome: "I left Watsonville on my way to my teaching job in Hollister.  I was involved in a head on motor vehicle accident struck by an unlicensed driver who was speeding around a blind curve thru a tunnel and lost control of her car on Highway 129. Her SVU struck my small Honda and rolled over the top. The engine of my car was pushed back into my vehicle 2 feet.  My injuries were extensive, C2 fracture, crushed ribs, punctured lungs, crushed wrists, both femurs, knees, ankles and heels, as well as a concussion. My shoulder belt had crushed my sternum and right chest; my lap belt cut into the abdomen and a foot of my intestine had to be removed. Both femurs were repaired using foot long plates and 18 screws; which I have since had removed."

Byrne's Story: Read More

Red M.

Location: Santa Cruz, Calif.
Treatment: Ankle Replacement Surgery
Age: 85

Outcome: "After many years of progressively more pain and less range of motion following a partially successful rotator cuff repair on my right shoulder, and after being told by several orthopedists that further repair could not be done, I consulted with Dr. Peter Reynolds, as a last resort.

Red's Story: Read More