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tri-athlete to be healthy. I like
to tell people you need to
start small. Do something
to be active. It can even
be yard work––that’s a
great workout too. As
you get older especially,
you need to be in tune
with your body, monitor
your calorie intake and
be active. I encourage
people to change
slowly, start small,
and find out what you like to do,” he says.
Sharing his wellness journey is part of the
straight-forward, honest approach that puts
his patients at ease and creates a trusting
bond, an important element for the highly
technical operations Dr. Courtney performs
to help restore patients’ quality of life. As
he learned early on, the single most import-
ant person in the treatment process is the
patient and well-informed patients are more
successful in following through on their
rehabilitation and have better outcomes.
It’s a sentiment that his patients echo. “You don’t want to
trust (your back) to just somebody that has his name on
a door. You have to go to people that you trust. I talked
to people and everybody trusted Dr. Stephen Court-
ney and I do too and I’d highly recommend him,” says
Judy Jones, a lumbar fusion patient of Dr. Courtney’s.
“Above all, I believe in treating each and every patient
I have with honesty, dignity, and respect. My patients
come away from our shared interactions feeling con-
fident, assured that they are truly in the best hands,”
says Dr. Courtney, who always brings his A-game.
For appointment contact clinic at 972.499.5457.
Stephen P. Courtney, M.D.
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Area of Practice
Orthopedic Spinal Surgery
Back pain
Neck pain
Spine pain
Disc Replacement
Microdiscectomy
Spinal Fusion
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Neck Surgery
Back Surgery
Spine Surgery
EMG
Steroid Injections
Physical Therapy
Certifications & Degrees
Board-Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Northeast Louisiana University
Louisiana State University Medical School
Residency at Texas A&M Medical Center
Fellowship at Florida Neck & Back Institute

ADVANCED SPINE CENTER
1705 Ohio Drive, Suite 300
Plano, TX 75093
www.courtneymd.com
www.advancedspinecenters.com
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