Patient Stories

Back in Action After Twenty Years of Pain

Enrica Poore, a Pilates instructor still in her forties, had become nearly immobilized by 20 years of worsening arthritic pain initially brought on by a snow boarding accident. “My life had gone from loving to work out to cringing at the fact that I’d have to walk down the street. “ The orthopedic surgeons she consulted in Las Vegas, where she was living, just told her to lose 30 pounds and wait till her 60’s to get a new knee.  Impossible choices. By the time she moved back to Sonoma, her hometown, she had reached a decisive point.  “I hit… Read More