Yale PA Program Graduate • 25 Years in Spine Surgery

Understand Your Spine

  • 25 years caring for spine patients
  • Clear, plain-language guidance on spine health
  • Educator to patients, nurses and community groups

Books by Michelle M. Wright

Written by a spine surgery PA-C

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Patient reading in a calm waiting roomFacing spine surgery soon?

The Books

Know your spine. Know your options.
Decide with confidence.

Front cover of Understand Your Spine and Recommended Treatments Including Surgery

Understand Your Spine And Recommended Treatments Including Surgery: The Informed Patient's Spine Book

Paperback $18.99 · Hardcover $28.99

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Education is the antidote to fear in spine care.

  • Make informed decisions about your diagnosis and treatment options
  • Know what to expect before, during and after spine surgery
  • A patient-centered approach shaped by thousands of real patients

Educational content only. It does not replace advice from your own medical team.

Physician associate explaining a spine model to a patient

Public speaking

Talks and workshops

For children, adults and community groups

Workshops

Middle schools

Training students on spine health and backpack use

Workshops

New mothers

Protecting your back day to day

Training

School nurses

Scoliosis assessments

Speaking

Support groups

Osteoporosis and scoliosis

Yale-trained. Two decades at the side of spine patients - now on yours.

Yale PA
Program

NCCPA
Certified

AAPA
Member

TAPA
Member

NASS
Member

Medical
Reserve Corps

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Your everyday guide to a healthier spine

Simple habits that keep your spine aligned at desks, in cars and on phones.

Posture

Lift, carry and move in ways that keep everyday back pain away.

Back pain

What parents and teens should know about scoliosis screening.

Scoliosis

How bone health and osteoporosis affect your spine over time.

Bone health