Been going to OCC for the past 6 years and trust them with all my ortho issues. They have always started with a nonsurgical approach and never felt pressure to perform any unnecessary procedures. I have had one carpal tunnel release surgery and one meniscectomy there and had the same exact surgeries on my opposite hand and knee at a well known and highly respected ortho hospital in NYC. Hands down OCC was a better experience for both surgeries even though neither experience was bad in NY, that is just how great OCC is. The thoroughness and time and care they took in helping me make the decision to go forward with surgery was not what I was used to. For my carpal tunnel, OCC used a different, perhaps more modern technique that significantly reduced my recovery time and required no PT, whereas, I needed PT for a couple months for my surgery on the hand that wasn’t done at OCC.
Then for my knee Dr. Mann wad great, he tried so hard not give me surgery to preserve what little meniscus I had left and treat is very conservatively for several years. Unfortunately, I ended breaking my ankle on my opposite leg and my injured knee became my only working leg for a while so I did end up having surgery shortly after my ankle healed. At a post op follow up he took the time to show me all the photos of the inside of my knee and explained through the photos exactly what he found and what he did to fix it while trying to preserve as much meniscus as possible. Another reason OCC has my trust is that Dr. Mann really tried to help me achieve the longest possible life out of my existing knees (been a long distance runner for over 20 years) before I will eventually need them replaced. OCC always seems to have the patients best interest in mind. My one con is that at least a s of a few months, the only ortho spine or neurosurgeons in their practices were young and while they may have had great backgrounds and training were not even practcing long enough to be anything but board certified eligible. I don’t have an issue with that so much as if there are no senior doctors at the practice for them to work with and continue to learn from, how will they gain more experience besides on their own? Just thought it was a little ofd but maybe they have since hired some more experienced doctors in spine since.
