Patient Stories
Our Patient Stories are organized by videos. The stories are on each video.
Note: On the mobile version, simply clidk on the main video and a drop down menu of the videos will appear for you to select from.
Patient Testimonials
Patient Testimonials


Holds Grandkids Again After 20 Years of Back Pain

Bodybuilder Wins Championship after 11 Failed Back Surgeries

Working and Riding Motorcycles Three Weeks After Back Surgery

Active and Flexible After 19 Years of Pain Management

Golfer Scores TWO Eagles after Back Surgery

Doctors Refused to Treat Her Failed Back Surgeries. Now She Can Cook, Walk, and Garden

Veteran Fights Workman's Comp for Back Surgery Relief

Nine Failed Back Surgeries Fixed

Saved from Back Pain Suicide

About to End Her Life, Mother Finds Doctor Who Never Gave Up

Chiropractor Chooses Back Surgery

Active Outdoors After Back Surgery

Postal Worker Healed After Fighting Workers Comp

Running & Dancing Pain-Free After Back Surgery

Stubborn Biker Resisted Back Surgery. Now He's Pain-Free.

Back to Work After Failed Back Surgeries for Construction Injury

Marathon Runner Healed After Back Surgery

Golfer Scores Two Holes-in-One After Back Surgery

Grandma Says Goodbye to Morphine & Fentynal

When Back Doctors Say You're Faking Pain

Think You're Too Young for Back Surgery Relief?

I'm Belly Dancing After Fixing Four Failed Back Surgeries

I Fought Workman's Comp for my Back Surgery

Running Pain Free after Back Surgery

Spine is Still Pain-Free After Experimental Procedure 28 Years Ago

Upright MRI Reveals Back Pain That Other Doctors Missed

First to Try Experimental Disc Cages for Back Pain in 1990s

No More Wheelchairs, Now Able to Walk and Drive

Drug-Free After 30 Failed Back Surgeries and Parkinson's Disease

Active & Flexible After Five Years of Degenerative Disc Disease
Dr. McCord sees patients from many different social and ethnic backgrounds with a wide range in ages. Their spine problems vary from recent onsets to old unresolved ones. However, there is a common thread. The effects of back and neck pain are debilitating, impacting the quality of life of patients as well as those closest to them.
Dr. McCord's successful spine practice in Nashville, Tennessee and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, has been attributed in part to happy patients telling others about how their lives changed after seeing him. Often in our spine clinic comments are heard like: "Dr. McCord gave me my life back", "I don't know where I would be without Dr. McCord", "I wish I had come here sooner", "I have told so many people to come see you", etc.
It is understandable how difficult and scary it can be to find a doctor to trust with one's health issues, especially if there were previous unsatisfactory experiences. Dr. McCord wanted real people with real stories to genuinely speak from their hearts to encourage others. These videos were unscripted and minimally edited to represent so many who Dr. McCord has helped over the years.
The testimonials reflect the range and complexity of spine cases Dr. McCord manages. Mixed in with simpler cases are ones that other surgeons may not have the background, experience, nor desire to tackle. Dr. McCord frequently sees patients who have had failed surgery or surgeries, who are dependent on pain management, and who have multiple level spine problems.
Please view our customer experiences with an openness as to its intent. It is not meant to convey guarantees or outcomes, but to let website viewers hear from others who have dealt with similar problems.
DAVID H. McCORD, M.D.
Orthopaedic Spine Specialist & Spine Surgeon
Nashville TN