Texas Spine Consultants LLP

I saw dr Hennessey about my back and leg pain. I walked in with over 1000 c/​t and xrays. After waiting an hour or so the first things he orders is more x rays. Then talks me into a genetic test (a 4800.00 piss test) to see if im allergic to anything (I already told him im not allergic to anything) He spent only 30 minutes with me and said because I smoke is why my back (and only back) hurts?!? He orders 3 months of physical therapy. I actually did what he said and I got worse! I called to tell him I don’t think he is correct and I want to see another doctor but wait!!! «We cant give you to another doctor here. That is conflict of interest» BS They are just covering their a**. When I tell him finally that spending thousands of dollars has not helped my heath Iwas told” Well, sometimes in medicine your wallet gets thinner but you may or may not fell better” What kind of doctor treats their patients this way!!! Im a human not a damn toy to play with. Also im not a money pit either. I will never visit this place again and I suggest you don’t. Unless you just like wasting time and money of course.

Dr. Carll & his entire staff exceeded my expectations! After 4 years of sciatic & leg pain, numbness & swelling… endless nerve blocks & injections that didn’t work… a year of PT (total waste of time & money)…and giving up my career and my love for exercise… I had almost given up. Until I was referred to Dr. Carll! He didn’t waste my time. He confirmed what I knew 4 years ago that the pain was coming from my L-​5 stress fractures & herniated disc. He did explain in great detail why it was necessary to do evasive surgery. Dr. Carll is friendly, calm, kind and down to earth! Immediately I felt I had finally found someone to ‘fix me’.
So I had a 360 fusion with spinal decompression on May 9^th. I spent only 3 days in the hospital. They had me up walking that first evening! One week later I was at a block party in my neighborhood (wearing a brace)! 2 ½ weeks post– I no longer needed my brace! 6 weeks post-​op I was able to do yoga, bike, walk, elliptical, etc! I never imagined such a quick recovery! I had met people who spent 3 months in bed and lived on pain meds. I never took a single pain pill! I only needed Tylenol and muscle relaxers for the first 2 weeks! I’m 8 weeks post-​op now and doing great!
From start to finish — I give Texas spine Consultants 5 stars! His support team have flawless follow-​up! Everyone is so friendly, upbeat and efficient! I saw Dr. Carll in the north Dallas & Frisco locations. I had my surgery at Craig Ranch hospital… couldn’t have asked for better care! It is understandable how Dr. Carll has such award winning customer satisfaction! I’m so grateful for being referred to him!

I went to see Dr. Karl as he came highly recommended and apparently works with a lot of professional athletes. If you are gay or a female then you’re probably giving him 5 stars simply based on appearance. I’m neither so we’ll move on.
Dr. Karl: 4 – 5 stars — he’s highly recommended, knowledgeable, friendly, seems down to earth. Some said he’s a little cocky, but I didn’t find that to be the case. He checked out my back, said he could do surgery, but wouldn’t recommend it as there’s still too many other options and then referred me to another doctor for a spinal injection. He also mentioned getting me some pain killers and some exercises to strengthen my back after herniating a disc. Based on our visit alone it would have been great.
His staff: 1 star… they failed in pretty much every possible way. I have a HERNIATED Disc and was in constant debilitating pain and it took them 1 MONTH to get me in. In addition, they didn’t provide the prescription for the pain killers and when I followed up to ask them about it and they called it in, they mis-​spelled my name. Also, they didn’t provide the exercises we discussed. Then they gave no direction on follow up or how to proceed or anything so as to give me a road map of what was next. It was a huge cluster.
Location: 1 star… It’s at the Baylor hospital complex which means you need to have a degree in geography to find the correct building and then get a parking spot while avoiding being mugged…
My recommendation, see if he practices at another facility and go there!