Houston Life correspondent Melanie Camp chats with AK Pain & Spine Center patient Amiee Hart to learn how Spinal Chord Stimulation helped end 28 years of pain

When you walk through the doors at AK pain and spine center you are walking into the home of a team of medical professionals who are dedicated to uncovering the source of your pain and turning it off. Nurse Practitioner Kelsey Duncan, gives us a look behind their process.

If you are in pain, the team at AK Pain & Spine Center want get you through their doors. They are on a mission to turn off pain and help patients get their quality of life back. For Doris Gribble, this made all the difference. Learn how the team at AK Pain & Spine Center helped Doris get back to enjoying life again.

You hear a lot about 'The Mommy Makeover' but for many people the down time and cost of surgery means it is not always a practical option. This was the case for Houston mom, Cathy Davis, who thought she would never get her pre-baby body or confidence back. But then she met with the team at Innovative Lasers of Houston.

For Spine Health Awareness Month we invited Dr. Ankur Khosla from AK Pain & Spine Center to the Houston Life studio to talk about turning off pain and taking care of our spines in the long run.

Your spine is a complex structure, but are you caring for it the right way? October is Spine Health Awareness Month. To get some advice on how to best look after your spine, Houston Life's Melanie Camp spoke with Dr. Geoffrey Zubay who is a board certified neurosurgeon and the director of surgical operations for Memorial Hermann Mischer Associates.

Dr. Ankur Khosla is moved to tears thinking about how Timothy Mockapertris’ life might be if the Houston local had continued living as he had been. Like many who find their way to AK Pain & Spine Center, Timothy was struggling to continued working in the job he loved because of chronic back and leg pain. He needed pain meds just to make it through the day. When a new treatment became available, Dr. Khosla thought it might be just the thing to help turn off Timothy’s pain and keep him working.

Sharon Robbins who thought she was going to have to give up a job she loved because her knees and back hurt so much. The team at AK Pain & Spine Center helped her find relief through a therapy called spinal chord stimulation. Learn how it works here.

KPRC 2 and our Community partners at Energy Transfer and Houston Christian University are spotlighting The Rose in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The Purple Songs Can Fly program at Texas Children's Hospital gives children going through their cancer treatment a platform for their voices to be heard.

Innovative Lasers of Houston specialize in weight loss and Founder and CEO, Laura Alexis the work she does means more than weight loss, it is about helping people gain back their life.

After injuring his back while serving in the military, Army Veteran Michael Tovar battled near debilitating pain. Then, with thanks to the team at AK Pain & Spine, he discovered a treatment that helped him get his life back.

Norma Lindquist thought the pain she felt in her legs after a day at work was a sign of getting old. However, after a visit to Reincke Vein Center in Sugar Land she learned her discomfort was caused by vein disease and there was a treatment that could provide relief.

Legacy Community Health’s board-certified pediatricians are ready to take great care of your child.

Cardiologist Dr. Rahman explains the signs and symptoms of heart failure, treatment options and how to prevent it. For more information, visit memorialhermann.org/heart

After a devastating crash, a local man learns to relive his life in a wheelchair with the help of TIRR Memorial Hermann. For more information, visit tirr.memoriallhermann.org.

We meet a man who's father died from a heart attack and track his journey to see if he also has a hidden disease.