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At OrthoVirginia, our goal is to get our patients back to their lives. Whether you have had a procedure, an injury or physical therapy, we would like to hear how your orthopaedic, sports medicine or physical therapy care at OrthoVirginia changed your life and/or enabled you to get back to the activities and sports you enjoy.

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Specialty

Sarah - Stress Fracture

Jim - Total Knee Replacement

S Hill - Laminectomy

Carlo - Back problems plus a hand operation

Michael - Spinal Surgery

Scott - Cervical Neck Fusions and Lower Back Surgery

Raquel - Microdiscectomy

Om - Knee Pain

Michael - Lumbar Spinal Fusion and Laminectomy

Jordan - Discectomy/Laminectomy, Anterior and Posterior Lumbar Fusion L4-L5

Tom - Microdiscectomy

George - Trigger Finger

Randy - Left total hip replacement and Right total knee replacement

Richard - ACL replacement

Mark - Hip Arthroscopy

Timothy - Hip Joint Replacement

Diana - Lumbar Fusion/Laminectomy

John - Lumbar laminectomy, Spine Fusion, Anterior and Posterior Fusion L1,2,3

Patricia - Hip replacement and bilateral knee replacement

Margaret - Laminectomy L2 through L5

Becky - Total Hip Replacement

Amy - Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Rick - Wrist Surgery

Joe - Knee Surgery

Howie - Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

Arlene - Lumbar Fusion

Ronnie - Lumbar Fusion

Robert - Lumbar Surgery

Arnold - Fusion and Lapendictomy L1-S1

Eric - Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

John - Partial Knee Replacement

Winston - Total Joint Arthroplasty

Ashton - Hip Replacement

Susan - Surgery on Herniated Disc L5-S1

Heyward - Laminectomy

Salwa - Knee Ligament Reconstruction

Robert - Knee replacement

Arlene - Cervical fusion

Susan - L3-S1 Laminectomy with L3-5 fusion

Brendan - Total Hip Replacement

Pat - Bilateral Knee Replacements, Right Hip Replacement

William - RF Ablation

Colin - Knee Surgery For Multiple Ligaments

Karen - Patella Surgery

Mary - Meniscal Tears, Trigger Finger Release Surgery

Tom - Hand, Wrist and Elbow Trauma

Diane - Both total knee replacements

Jillian - Rotator cuff impingement

Shirley - Amputation / debreadment

Phyllis - Spinal Fusion

Jerry - Lumbar Spine Surgery

Kim - Whole Knee Rebuilt

Nicole - Hip Surgery

Peyton - Complex Foot Surgery

Kathleen - Spinal Fusions

Peggy - Anterior Hip Replacement

Marquise - Arthroscopic Knee Debridement and PRP

Noemi and Tatiana - ACL Reconstruction

Gail - Fractured Ankle

Bonnie - Cervical Spine Surgery

Chris - Anterior Approach Total Hip Replacement

Jimmy - Elbow Surgery

Patricia

Charlotte - Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement

Kay - Cervical Disc Replacement

Ellen - Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy

Tori - Multiple Procedures

Ken - ACL Reconstruction

Christy - Mako Partial Knee Replacement

Thomas - Total Hip Replacement

Ken - Meniscal Repair and Transplantation

Mary - Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement

Jenny - Knee Checkup

Andrew - Foot Reconstruction

Dawn - Lower Back Surgery

Michael - Spine Fusion

Stephen - Total Reverse Shoulder Reconstruction

Jody - Total Hip Replacement

Jim - Repair of Quadriceps Tendons

Kate - Broken Wrist

Larry - Lumbar Spine Surgery

Cheryl - Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement

Mary - Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy With Fusion

Kathy - Rotor Cuff Tear Repair and Bone Spur Removal

Brenda - Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement

Catherine - Hip Replacement

Larry - Surgery to re-attach Quad Muscle

Elizabeth - Back Surgery

Joan - Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement

Mary - Healing of Nerves in Neck

Bruce - Spinal Fusion and Laminectomy

Gary - Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy With Fusion

Gustave - Hip Pain Analysis

Julie - Lateral Tendon Release

Alexandra - Hip Labral Repair

Patricia - Thumb Joint Arthroplasty

Paula - Rotator Cuff Repair

Danielle - Total Hip Replacement

Conrad - Hip Arthroscopy

Linda - Knee

Myra - Shoulder

Walter - Total Hip Replacement

Mark - Bi-Lateral Knee Replacement

Mary - Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement

Gil - Total Knee Replacement

Jeanne - Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy With Fusion

Guy - Total Shoulder Replacement - Torn Bicep Tendon Repair

Caryll - SLAP Repair - Right Shoulder

Cindy - Personal Training

Marie - Left Knee Replacement

Judy - Total Reverse Shoulder Replacement

April - Discectomy

Letticia - Fusion - Spinal Stenosis/Spondylosis/Neck Surgery

Kevin - Repair Shattered Collar Bone

John - Partial (Unicondylar) Knee Replacement

Malcolm

Walter - Total Joint Replacement

Pat - Back Surgery, Hand Surgery, Shots in my Knees

Jonathan - Lumbar Spine Surgery

Carrie

Tina - Broken Wrist, Knees, Shoulder Surgery for Teenage Daughters

Gina

Kyle - ACL Tear/Miniscus Repair

Wayne - Total Hip Replacement

Natalie

Julie - Shoulder Labral Tear Repaired

Eric - Dry Needling Therapy

Sheila - Back Surgery

Vicki - Repair of Torn Labrum in Right Hip

Marilyn

Shamsiya

Jimmy - Total Hip Replacement

David - Total Knee Replacement

Kelly - Physical Therapy for Shoulder/Post of Rotator Cuff and Bicep Repair

Pat - Thumb Joint Replacement/Trigger Finger Release

Gita

Jennifer - Surgery on Left Scaphoid

Dennis - Lumbar Disk Surgery (L4/L5)

Grant

Roy - AC Joint Resection

Kristen - Broken Left Hand and Broken Right Wrist

Erin - Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis

Caitlin, Molly and Michael - Pediatric Orthopedic Care

Nate - Minimally Invasive Arthroscopic Hip Surgery

Milt - Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery with Open Grafting

Michelle - AC Joint Separation Repair

Chris - Simultaneous Bilateral Knee Replacement

Alyson - Tommy John Surgery

Jack - Arthroscopic Labral Repair

Emmett - Knee Bursectomy

Jenni - Skier’s Thumb

Stella

Sue - Total Hip Replacement

Walter

Mary Beth - Correction of Two Trigger Thumbs

Susan - ACL Tear

Debbie - Anterior Hip Replacement

Wenners - Achilles Tendon Reconstruction

Spiro - Multi-ligament Reconstruction

Jim - Twisted Pelvis

Catherine - Spine Deformity

Stephanie - Knee & Hip Replacement

Brian - Skier’s Thumb

Kelley - Dislocated Kneecaps

Phil - Clavicle Fracture

Sam - Shoulder Repair Surgery

Mary - ACL Reconstruction and Meniscus Transplant

Kevin - Lacerated Extensor Tendon Repair

Laurie - Minimally Invasive Hip Arthroscopy

James - Distal Biceps Tendon Repair

Karen - Shoulder Repair

Garrett - Shoulder Rehabilitation

Matthew - Ankle Replacement

Jerri - Muscle-Sparing Total Knee Replacement

Patson - Herniated Disc

Rachel - Broken Wrist

Keith - Torn Rotator Cuff

Donna - Pilates and Core Stabilization

Brian - Knee Arthroscopy

Tom - Computer-Assisted Robotic Spine Surgery

Jeanette - Spinal Fusion

Nikki - ACL Reconstruction

Millie - Shoulder Replacement

Brett - Cervical Disc Replacement

Lara - Hip Labral Tear

Shaun - Meniscus Tear

Carol and Trudy - Knee Replacement

Lou - Oxford® Partial Knee Replacement

Leroy - Osteoarthritis

Dana - Dupuytren’s Contracture

Vicki - Torn Rotator Cuff

Jenna - ACL Repair

Jeff - Shoulder Repair

Kelsey - Spondylolysis

Vilma - Fractured Wrist

Chris - Carpal Tunnel surgery

Cheryl - Reconstructive Hand Surgery

James - Knee Replacement

Brian - Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement

Maureen - Non-Surgical Pain Management

Maurice - Osteoarthritis

Lisa - Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Brittany - Extensor Tendon Repair

Courtney - Fractured Leg

Matthew - Shoulder Repair

Hiko - Detached Thumb Ligament

John - Spine Surgery

Brian - Torn Biceps Tendon

Hisham - ACL Repair

Carolyn - Bilateral Hip and Knee Replacements

Ca'Dell - Achilles Repair

Sarah - Fractured Elbow

Blanca - Bilateral Hip Replacement

Dennis - Total Hip Replacement

Barbara - Knee Replacement

Pam - TRUMATCH Knee Replacement

Buddy - Knee Osteotomy

Jim and Cory - Rotator Cuff Repair

Alex - Shoulder Instability

Nadine - Shoulder Labral Tear

Alie - MPFL Reconstruction

Diane - MAKOplasty® Partial Knee Resurfacing

Phil - Wrist Reconstruction

Debbie - Spinal Surgery

Walter - Lumbar Fusion

Steve - Knee Replacement

Mike - Arthroscopic Hip Surgery

Clay - Cervical Decompression

Bill - C-spine fusion, L-spine fusion, Laminectomy at both sites

Dave - Lumbar Spinal Fusion and Laminectomy

Drew - Knee Surgery

Kaylie - Swollen Knee

Grace - Surgery to Repair Broken Elbow

Richard - Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Sue Ann - Total Hip Replacement

Gary - Swollen Knee

Cyndi - Total Knee Replacement

Megan - Lumbar Discectomy

Carla - Hip Arthroscopy and Fusion

Michele - Micro Disc Surgery on L-5

Laura - Lumbar Disk Surgery

Kristie - ACDF

Wanda - Frozen Shoulder

Thomas - Bicep repair

Mike - Lumbar spine fusion

Mark - Repair of complex tear to meniscus

Angela - Shoulder surgery

Steve - Arthroscopic surgery to repair torn meniscus (both knees – 2 years separation)

Scott - Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

James - Anterior Cervical Discectomy

Colbie - Hip Surgery

Anthony - Hip Replacement

Marley - Extensive Spinal Fusion

Ian - Shoulder Surgery-Labrium Rotator Cuff Repair

Chuck - Elbow Arthroscopy for large bone chip and spurs

Lisa - Cyst on finger

Lynn - Total Knee Replacement, Both knees

Frani - Ortho

Patti - Back Surgery

Shaun - Achilles Tendon Repair

Dennis - Knee Replacement; Treatment for Sciatic Nerve Problem

Antoine - Lumbar Disk Surgery (L4/L5)

Gretchen - Knee arthroscopic surgery

Lexie - Open Reduction and Internal Fixation - Humerus

Sean - Osteochondroma

Stephen - Revision Reconstruction Spine Surgery

Brenda - Lumbar Decompression

Malcolm - Surgery for infection complication following broken hip repair surgery

Virginia - Total Knee Replacement

Larry - Left Knee

Debra - Both knees-meniscus repair

Marie - Partial knee replacement on left side

Joe - Physical Therapy

Karen - Rotator Cuff Repair

Patricia - Total Knee Replacement

Tammy - Meniscus Surgeries

Jin - ankle, shoulder, elbow

Anita - Laminectomy and Fusion of 2nd and 3rd Lumbar Vertebrae

Jessica - Ankle Surgery

Harvey - Consultation

Bill - Laminectomy, Disk Fusion

Dave - Urgent care

Rosemary - Rotator Cuff Repair

Peggy - Pre Checkup for Carpal Tunnel

Adwoa - hip labral tear repair and debridement and physical therapy

Colleen - ACDF C4-C7

Teri - Hip replacement

Jeanne - Foot-Broken Bone splintered to 3 pieces-plate & 4 screws

Rich - Cortisone Shot

Jana - ACDF C6-C7

Marge - Rotator cuff repair and prolonged PT

Elizabeth - Proper diagnosis of condition previously undetected

Tracie - cortisone injection/counter-pressure bracing

Wendy - Repair of Meniscal Tear

Martin - Shoulder Treatment/X-ray/Cortisone Shot

Sarah - Jones fracture surgery left foot

Barbara - Total Hip Replacement

Alaya - Metatarsus Adductus/ Infant

Erin - ACL Reconstruction

Alane - Lumbar Spine Surgery

Val - Partial (Unicondylar) Knee Replacement

Robert - Rotator Cuff Repair

Brian - Hip Replacement

Sharon - Knee Arthritis

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To improve the musculoskeletal health and well-being of those who live in our communities

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