As an emergency physician at Theda Clark Emergency Department and Trauma Center I have had the pleasure of working with the physicians of Hand and Upper Extremity Center of Northeast Wisconsin for the last thirteen years. They have taken care of my patie...
My experience coming to the Hand and Upper Extremity Center has been extremely positive for me. I had gone to other clinics that I thought were positive until I came here and saw what a difference it made in the individualized care and the focus of my si...
As a spine physician, I frequently see patients with neck and upper extremity symptoms thought to be coming from the spine. When I determine that the problem is not in the spine but instead requires complex upper extremity surgery, I refer to the Hand an...
About 2 years ago I was referred to your facility with only some hope of finding out what was wrong with my hand. My hand stumped about 6 different doctors as to what was wrong with it. Needless to say Dr. Olvey was able to figure it out after he did a sc...
The team at Hand and Upper Extremity Center of Northeast Wisconsin has always provided excellent care for my occupational medicine patients. They understand the occupational medicine issues and keep patients as functional as possible during their recovery...
I am a 77 year-old avid hunter and fisherman. I was concerned that I wasn't going to be able to shoot my bow or my gun after sustaining a shoulder injury. I was in such severe pain that I wasn't even able to sleep at night. Three...
After an industrial work accident in which my right arm was amputated, I underwent approximately eighteen hours of surgery over the course of three days, in which time Dr. Scott Olvey was able to re-attach my right arm. The careful explanation detailing m...
8/22/11 started out to be a beautiful day! …Just like any other person knows, life can change in a second. I was trying to restrain my dog from running out to our sidewalk…. grabbing his collar dislocated my shoulder and in minutes my ...
It is so cool at Hand and Upper Extremity Center. There are ponds with ducks and hidden hands for me to find. The check-in people are a lot of fun. I like the x-ray people because they were funny and took pictures of my arm. Dr. Lumsden and Dr. Toivonen w...
I had carpal tunnel for several years. I treated under another physician with conservative care for a long time, and though it was recommended that I consider having surgery, I was absolutely terrified and thought that I could just live with it. Finally, ...
