Charles Frederick Harvey MD - Brain and Spine Surgery

08/29/2020

Here are three simple exercises that are excellent for the Low back, courtesy of Harvard Health in Boston. Some other things you can do to help with chronic back pain:

1. STOP SMOKING!! To***co smoke (and maybe all smoke) is bad for the circulation and blood flow in the disks and vertebrae, just like it is for your lungs and heart. Poor circulation means faster aging of the tissues with more bulging and degeneration fof disks, and more degenerative changes of the vertebrae that leads to pinched nerves.
2. Get up and walk! Prolonged sitting is bad for you!
3. Gentle exercise and stretching daily is good for your spine! The exercises below are a bare minimum!
4. Eat well to stay well!
5. Sleep well at night! Make sure your mattress and pillows provide good support and alignment so you can rest!! I have found that a memory foam mattress is helpful but there are excellent air or water based alternatives and many hybrid mattresses available too. They dont need to cost thousands...

A strong core can stabilize your spine to help keep your lower back healthy and pain-free. The muscles, ligaments, and nerves surrounding the spine can weaken with age or from an injury, which can make movements like twisting, stretching, lifting, an...

08/27/2020

Great visit to AUGMEDICS new Headquarters facility in Arlington Hts IL for a socially distanced visit and lab!! Amazing emergent technology for Augmented Reality in Spine Surgery!! I was welcomed by (L to R) Scott Finger VP Sales, Monica Kuhnert Director of Commercialization, (me - the bald guy in the middle), my old friend Adam Krzeczowski Area Sales Manager and Tim Murawski, President and Chief Commercial Officer.

Using images from an intraoperative “spin” with CT, O-Arm or 3D C-Arm (here I used the new Siemens CIOS Spin), I was easily able to navigate in the spine using their XVISION AR Headset and workstation. This system has its own Navigation software and the cost to entry is surprisingly affordable!! Kudos to CEO Nissan Elimelech and the team!!

08/16/2020

Sharing some SUNDAY BRUNCH PlayDoh surgery from . She is apparently a doctor-mom having some fun with her young children...Here is her version of brain surgery: a craniotomy for a benign brain tumor - looks like a convexity meningioma!! I loved watching her child do a hip replacement too!!!

The Breakfasteur () Tweeted:
One of our first cases - a craniotomy and meningioma removal

“One of our first cases - a craniotomy and meningioma removal https://t.co/W672T17icZ”

08/12/2020

My name is on the door. Proud to be working with John Clough MD and his team of Nurse Practitioners to serve the Kansas City Metropolitan Area as part of HCA Midwest Health team and HCA Menorah Medical Center!!

11/15/2019

Nick Theodore MD at Johns Hopkins is one of the national leaders in Robotic Spine Surgery. Here he is using the Excelsius Spine Robot from Globus which he helped design. I endorse his interest in the role of psychologic factors in chronic pain...every minute of every day the mind influences the body. There is NO health without Mental Health...

By involving a rehabilitation psychologist and an expert on decreasing opioid use in patient care, the spine team aims to bolster the patient experience before and after surgery.