Minnesota Spine Institute

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Daniel 
 
 
 
  
I had lumbar spinal stenosis with pain in my buttocks and back of upper thighs for 6 months. Tried conservative approaches to try and alleviate the condition with no success. This included drugs, cortisone shots, chiropractor treatments and physical therapy. I was introduced to MN Spine by the chiropractor I was seeing. I had a teleconference with Dr. Hanson who had my MRI's and was able to tell me how he would use a minimally invasive procedure to remove the bone spurs compressing my nerves and causing me the pain. I had talked to a couple of other surgeons who wanted to perform 1- 2 fusions, and remove bone spurs. This would entail cutting me open from the front and moving my aorta and then cutting me open from the back. 5-6 hours with 6-month recovery. Dr. Hanson assured me that would not be necessary. Procedure was 1 hour with estimated 6-week recovery. I am in week two and feel almost 100%. Cannot praise Dr. Hanson and his staff enough. Had another surgeon who had previously performed back surgery look over Dr. Hanson's background. He told me that Dr. Hanson was very well trained and not to give a second thought in using him. Procedure was done at Burnsville Surgery Center and this is a top-class facility. I would echo the same sentiments as the surgeon who told me to not have second thoughts in using Dr. Hanson.
Excellent job with fantastic results. Jackie, his assistant was also excellent. Communication is great, Dr. Hanson provides his personal cell phone number for questions/concerns. Never heard of another Doctor that does that. He listens to your questions /concerns and takes the time to address them.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Tom Day 
 
 
 
  
Thank you Dr Hanson for pulling the loose bones floating around in my back I can finally spend time and have dinner and do things with my family Great job thank you 🙂
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 M Witts 
 
 
 
  
I had debilitating nerve pain from disk compression and bone spurs for years. Finally found Dr Hanson through a friend. My experience from start to finish was first class. I found Dr Hanson to be friendly, took his time to understand my concerns and highly skilled and meticulous with artificial disk replacement.  His entire staff at his clinic and at the surgical center were friendly caring experts. I had more pain after a dental visit than post op disk replacement.  Looking forward to getting my active lifestyle back thanks to Dr Hanson and his staff!
Highly recommend Dr Hanson!
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Casey Lang 
 
 
 
  
Don't wait! Get it done asap!                      Dr. Dan Hanson!!!!, I Want to Hug and Kiss this man!
I had 2 discs completely  replaced in my neck, c4 and c5. The new technology paired with this  talented surgeon is truly AMAZING!! and if course the rest of the staff are second to none!!!
P.S.    If I could put a couple F- Bombs for emphasis I would, before amazing and after Dan....and before second.  Lol.
Literally performing miracles!!
Fn Love you guys!
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Heather Fischer 
 
 
 
  
I was referred to Dr. Hanson as a Top Tier Dr. from insurance. I talked to a handful of people who had seen him & highly recommended him as well. I was told by another surgeon that I needed to have surgery ASAP. I wasn't in a severe situation, but he was concerned that if I hit a pothole while driving, I could be paralyzed. That sounded pretty severe to me, so I was confused about how I wasn't considered severe but needed to have surgery right away because of potholes. So I opted for a second opinion. That 2nd opinion was that of Dr. Hanson. Dr. Hanson gave it to me straight & said I'm not ready for surgery because it would limit my mobility & he didn't feel it was necessary without trying other things first. I've started doing the procedures suggested by Dr. Hanson & have had good results so far. Even though I have moved on with my care to another Dr. & facility, I received a message from Melina at Dr. Hanson's office wanting to update my chart with the info from the procedures I've had done with the new Dr.  I've NEVER had another Dr. or clinic follow-up after I'm technically not a patient anymore. There is a chance I will have to see Dr. Hanson again, so I feel very confident that they will be able to give me the same fantastic care in the future.  I'm so grateful I chose to get a 2nd opinion & it was with Dr. Hanson.  It's the best decision I've made in my search for pain relief.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Gayle DaCosta 
 
 
 
  
I had phenomenal experience with the Minnesota Spine Institute. Dr. Hanson is simply a genius, he understands his science and he looks beyond the image. After being failed for ten years by the medical system, I turned to Dr. Hanson and his team, I couldn’t have asked for a better team. Within our first visit Dr. Hanson suspected my hardware was problematic (something I had complained about for years).  Thanks to him, I was eventually able to remove them.
Life before Dr. Hanson:
I had been living in pain for 10 years after 3 spine surgeries. I could barely walk, sit up/ stand w/o a migraine. When I tried to take a shower, the pain was so bad I would become nauseous. My quality of life on the pain scale was 0-3, meaning I was either always in bed and had no social life. After being told I needed to learn to live like that the rest of my life, I reached out MSI.
Post surgery:
I am able to walk more. A great deal of ANS systems alleviated, along with nerve pain. Still healing but happy to give updates as I continue to heal. I’m much happier person and looking forward to better quality of life. Best decision I’ve made regarding my spine. Please never give on yourself. Don’t choose pain if there are options. Thanks Dr. Hanson.