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Pre-Operative Spine Class

Highlights

This class is offered each week for your convenience and will be approximately 2 hours in length.

The Nurse Care Coordinator or volunteer will meet you in the lobby at the start time listed (10am or 3pm) and will escort you to the class.

Please bring:
  • A family member who will be able to care for you when you go home
  • Your guidebook

What to Expect

The Nurse Care Coordinator will be discussing how to prepare yourself and your home, the role of your caregiver, pain management, and how to prevent complications. We will also answer any questions you may have, and try to help relieve any fears or anxieties you have about the surgery. A Physical or Occupational therapist will also be present to discuss exercises, body mechanics and spine precautions for after your surgery.

All of this great information should help to improve your outcome, because it will make you so well prepared.

Locations & Contact Information

Community Campus - Get Directions         
Margaret Brady                                    
office (717) 920-4319; cell (717) 418-6131           
fax (717) 657-7450                    
mbrady@pinnaclehealth.org 
Parking is FREE; shuttle provided

Harrisburg Campus - Get Directions
Kimberly Hohenshelt                   
office (717) 782-3289; cell (717) 418-6249
fax  (717) 782-3133
khohenshelt@pinnaclehealth.org
FREE valet parking available
  •     If your class is at Fredricksen Outpatient Center, parking is FREE also.
  •     Directions to every facility are in the guidebook and on our website.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

If your class is at Fredricksen Outpatient Center, parking is FREE also.
Directions to every facility are in the guidebook and on our website.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Thank you, Kimberly & Margaret