I brought my teenage son in for wrist pain in October 2025. At that first visit the x-ray showed widening at the scapholunate interval and a scapholunate sprain was written on his chart. The suspicion was there from day one.
Then a plain MRI with no contrast read the ligament as intact, and that single finding went unquestioned for the next seven months. Eight office visits. Several rounds of x-rays. A PRP injection we paid for out of pocket. Months of rest. Repeated cycles of resuming activity and flaring again. No contrast imaging was ordered in that entire stretch.
An MRI with contrast was finally done in May 2026, and only because I asked for it after he was still in pain. It showed a partial scapholunate tear. The CT arthrogram ordered afterward confirmed it.
Both MRIs were done at Axis 3T MRI, an imaging center affiliated with this practice. When we later got second opinions, we were told the image quality was poor for a 3T machine. I did not realize at the time that Axis was connected to the practice. Knowing that now, I would have asked to go somewhere independent.
I understand scapholunate injuries are hard and that being conservative is reasonable. I would have supported that. But conservative care comes with a timeline and a point where the plan changes, and there was never either one. We communicated urgency at every single visit. Every escalation in his care happened because we pushed for it, not because it was offered.
He was never referred to a hand therapist in those seven months either. I found one myself and had to ask for the referral.
This doctor was kind and always respectful, and none of that made up for the fact that nobody was driving. What we needed was urgency and an advocate, and we got neither. For a competitive young athlete, losing this much time is life changing, and any sports parent will understand exactly how devastating that is.
We transferred his care elsewhere and surgery was scheduled within weeks.
No parent should have to be the one pushing for the next step. That is what you are paying a specialist for.
I would not recommend this practice to a family with a competitive young athlete.
