Testimonials from our patients

After years of suffering with back pain I was referred to Dr. Gwinn at Carolina Back Institute. What an amazing experience! It is not very often where you are treated as a person, not a chart number. Dr. Gwinn and his staff have gone above and beyond in assisting me with alternatives to help relieve my pain. They are personable, compassionate, ...

Perri

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'Patience with patients' could easily be Dr. Gwinn's motto. I've been seeing Dr. Gwinn for several years for degenerative joint disease and cervical spondylosis. I'm often depressed about my situation and things I can no longer do. When I leave the examining room, he has addressed every issue with me. I find his bedside manner to be impeccable ...

Janis

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I had chronic headaches due to a damaged disc in my neck. After 12 years or so of trying doctors, chiropractors, neurosurgeons and vitamins I heard of Carolina Back Institute. After a thorough evaluation from CBI, they recommended an epidural steroid injection. The procedure was almost painless and the results were phenomenal. Headaches are ...

Gerald

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A BIG 'thank you' to Dr. Gwinn and NP Patel for the prompt, courteous and professional services they provided me during an extremely difficult time. On Monday evening I was in the emergency room with extreme lower back pain, which limited my mobility almost entirely. I was able to get into CBI the next morning for a complete evaluation - ...

Tim

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Catherine Santello, PA-C is always wonderful, she listens to what you are saying, always gives you an answer to whatever it is. I've never had a more caring, sensitive, professional or one that understands the problems with my body more than Catherine. Thank you!

Bryan

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Physician Assistants

Portrait of Carolina Back physician assistant Kathy Odom, PA, ATC.

Kathy Odom, PA, ATC

  • Certified by National Commission on Certification of Physician’s Assistants
  • Certified by National Athletic Training Board of Certification
  • Trigger point injections
  • Physical examination and treatment of all joints (spinal and extremities)
  • Pain management
Portrait of Carolina Back physician assistant Jennifer Simoni, PA.

Jennifer Simoni, PA

  • Certified by National Commission on Certification of Physician’s Assistants
  • Trigger point injections
  • Physical examination and treatment of all joints (spinal and extremities)
  • Pain management
Portrait of Carolina Back physician assistant Catherine Santello, PA.

Catherine Sweeney, PA

  • Certified by National Commission on Certification of Physician’s Assistants
  • Certified Clinical Densitometris
  • Committee member for the International Society for Clinical Densitometry
  • Trigger point injections
  • Physical examination and treatment of all joints (spinal and extremities)
  • Pain management