I cannot express enough gratitude for the outstanding result of my surgery. It is the best I've felt in 16 years. Moreover, from the first appointment, surgery, and post visits, I have been in great hands with Doctor Behrend and his staff. Genuine people who care about their patient. I'd highly recommend anyone who has cervical pain issues, to seek out no other than this amazing team. Simply good people, and again, I am highly appreciative

when i saw him all he wanted to do was to help me get rid of the pain in my lower back.

Was wonderful and helped take away all the pain. Made it a very comfortable process.

i was made to feel confident of my surgery right from the start

I am an RN with 20 years of experience working in hospitals with doctors from a variety of specialties. I have met docs that were amazing and some that were not so amazing. Dr. Behrend is one of the amazing docs. I truly think he is one of the best docs I have encountered, For almost five years I had intractable shoulder/hand pain.from a traumatic injury. Or what I thought was shoulder/hand pain, Dr. Behrend identified my neck as being the source of the problem. He was right. After a cervical fusion most of my shoulder/hand issues were resolved.

I appreciated the time he took to give me a diagnosis quickly and then offer treatment plans before going to surgery.

Both Dr Behrend and Lori were in sync the entire time. The diagnosis and the surgery were exactly as he describe and the recovery was exemplary. The entire experience was like casting a broken bone - no complications and they made it look easy.

Dr. Behrend had such a calm demeanor from the beginning and it kept me feeling confident in his ability to help me throughout the entire experience.

Dr. Behrend gave clear expectations for risk and recovery. He was patient and kind and made me feel like I was doing the best thing for me. This surgery has changed my life and I owe it all to Dr. Behrend!

Very good. I was apprehensive at first and hopeful that surgery would not be required. But I do not regret the decision to have this surgery. It has worked out well so far.

everything i was told came true. the patience that everyone had with let me know they care. my back is doing great

had a foot drop of my right foot. Dr. Behrends right away felt that surgery would be the best approach, after reviewing the mri.my foot drop disappeared after 2 to 3 weeeks after surgery. no problems since then.

careing and ready to listen

I came here with so much pain and little hope. After surgery, I sit here today with no pain and feeling good about life again. Lori (PA) has been so helpful, understanding and congenial each visit. She is truly an asset to Dr Behrend. Before surgery, when Lori was on vacation, it was up to Dr Behrend to go over pre-op procedures with me. He was very thorough, he listened and he explained everything so well. I would recommend this team to anyone with pain. Thank you both for your wonderful help and honorable bedside manners.

I was referred to Dr Behrend from AZ Pain and had jumped through all the hoops of therapy and back shots. At 62 I was terrified of back surgery since when I was growing up it was a coin flip whether it worked or not. When I met Dr. Behrend I was immediately confident he knew what he was doing. He told me what they were going to do with L4/L5 and I asked "what about the microfractures?" He said "I am going to fix those too." He wasn't arrogant or pompous, he just believed in his abilities so I did too. Also three nurses at the hospita told me what a good choice I had made with him which made me feel warm and fuzzy as well. I am glad I had back surgery. The majority of the sciatica is gone and I am back at the gym lifting again "not stupid lifting, more reps." My wife and I liked Dr. Behrend so much that we are scheduling my wife for surgery because she has the same issues. Hope the office offers a two for one special.I give Dr. Behrend my highest recommendation.

I had been experiencing neck and shoulder pain for about 7 years. I had shooting pains down my left arm with numbness in fingers on my left hand. I came to see Dr Behrend and he was happy to spend time with me to make sure he understood what I was experiencing and explaining my options. I decided to move forward with surgery to try and reduce the shooting pains down my arm that were unbearable.
I am so happy I did it. It has been 10 weeks now and the shooting pains are completely gone. There is still some neck pain and soreness. I will start physical therapy to try to eliminate some of that and increase my range of motion.
I am very happy with the outcome of the surgery and feel like I can start to do some of the things that I haven't been able to do for years.
Thank you Dr Behrend and team!

Dr Behrend is a blessing! I came to him on a referral from another Dr in the OrthoArizona group and it was my best referral in 6 years! Dr Behrend listened to my complains of pain with compassion and thoughtfulness. When I returned to follow up with him he already had a plan in mind on how to deal with my problem and discussed it with me giving me the knowledge I needed to make a decision to leave pain behind me.
The follow up care with Dr Behrend was gentle but careful to the point of getting me back to feeling myself again. The pain I experienced after the surgery and physical therapy were no where near what a relief it was to be done with the pain and restraints put on my life before surgery! I would recommend seeing Dr Behrend to anyone with the painful life I had before meeting him.
Thank you Dr Behrend for giving me back a life!

Dr Behrend is the very best ... Highly recommended

I was very nervous about having back surgery and Dr Behrend was very thorough and took the time to explain all of my options.

Dr. Behrend is wonderful doctor
with great empathy for his patients. I havehad great care and a great outcome with the three surgeries.