Physician: Dr. Carlson
I developed severe pain in my lower back on July 1, 2012. After going to the ER, they gave a diagnosis of sciatica. The pain was not helped by the Tylenol #3 prescribed. On July 3, 2012, I went to see a chiropractor, Dr. Boon, in Williamsburg, who I have been seeing since 1991. She, upon examining me, did not do a regular treatment, but made the diagnosis of a pinched nerve in my lower lumbar. I kept ice packs on my back and leg and as she suggested, called Dr. Carlson’s office. They did an MRI, which confirmed a pinched nerved in my lower lumbar. Dr. Carlson did surgery at Mary Immaculate Hospital on July 23, 2013. It was an 8 week recovery, but the pain relief was immediate in my leg. The recovery medications made me very drowsy, but managed the pain.
Dr. Carlson is truly the top of orthopedic surgeons. Everything healed as he said it would. It gave me a new chance at daily life, without pain & strong medications. I can go to the YMCA, shop, play with my grandkids and enjoy being active again.