{"id":18076,"date":"2023-08-25T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/chris-saunders\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:44:48","slug":"chris-saunders","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/chris-saunders\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualidade de vida restaurada: As cirurgias \u00e0 coluna vertebral efectuadas pela Southcoast Health devolveram a vida a Chris Saunders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Saunders, um advogado de New Bedford, gostava de praticar snowboard durante os Invernos e de correr durante os Ver\u00f5es, at\u00e9 que uma dor persistente na zona lombar e nas pernas devido a uma h\u00e9rnia discal lhe roubou a alegria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris, 52 anos, foi ao quiropr\u00e1tico durante anos, apenas para obter um al\u00edvio tempor\u00e1rio. \"De vez em quando, o meu pesco\u00e7o, costas e pernas ficavam tensos e eu ia ao quiropr\u00e1tico para me tratar. Eventualmente, esses tratamentos deixaram de funcionar\", diz ele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em janeiro de 2022, enquanto limpava a neve com uma p\u00e1, o pesco\u00e7o de Chris \"simplesmente cedeu\". Os tratamentos de quiropr\u00e1tica j\u00e1 n\u00e3o funcionavam e ele sentia dores constantes, desesperado por al\u00edvio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Procurou respostas junto do neurocirurgi\u00e3o Dr. Matthew Philips<\/a>, Chefe de Servi\u00e7os para o c\u00e9rebro e a coluna<\/a> para a Southcoast Health. Sob os cuidados do Dr. Philips, Chris foi submetido a dois procedimentos transformadores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No primeiro, o Dr. Philips fez uma pequena incis\u00e3o nas costas de Chris e conseguiu raspar o disco deslizante que estava a exercer press\u00e3o sobre os nervos que percorriam a sua perna. Em poucas horas, o procedimento ficou conclu\u00eddo e Chris regressou a casa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apesar de algum incha\u00e7o inicial \u00e0 volta da incis\u00e3o, precisou apenas de um dia e meio de medica\u00e7\u00e3o para o al\u00edvio da dor. \"Disseram-me para n\u00e3o ir trabalhar durante dez dias ap\u00f3s a interven\u00e7\u00e3o\", diz Chris, \"mas senti-me t\u00e3o bem que voltei ao escrit\u00f3rio depois de um fim de semana de recupera\u00e7\u00e3o em casa.\" Quinze dias ap\u00f3s a cirurgia, ele p\u00f4de voltar a correr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O segundo procedimento visou as v\u00e9rtebras C5 e C6 desalinhadas do pesco\u00e7o, que foram causadas por um acidente de snowboarding h\u00e1 25 anos. O Dr. Philips efectuou uma pequena incis\u00e3o no pesco\u00e7o para fundir estas v\u00e9rtebras, a fim de estimular o crescimento de novo osso e eliminar a dor no pesco\u00e7o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mais uma vez, o procedimento foi efectuado no mesmo dia e Chris regressou ao trabalho no dia seguinte, sem dores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Foi mais f\u00e1cil do que tirar os meus dentes do siso\", diz Chris. \"N\u00e3o me lembro de nenhum efeito secund\u00e1rio negativo.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atualmente, Chris voltou a correr e a fazer as coisas de que gosta. \"Estou feliz por ter feito isso\", diz ele. E apesar das sugest\u00f5es para procurar cuidados em Boston, Chris optou pela experi\u00eancia do Dr. Philips e da equipa do Southcoast Brain & Spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"N\u00e3o havia necessidade de ir a Boston para as cirurgias. Tenho cuidados especializados aqui mesmo. O Dr. Philips e a sua equipa fizeram um excelente trabalho. Adorei-o\", acrescenta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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