Expanding for Our Patients, for Our Community

GAYLORD, MICHIGAN | JUNE, 2020 — After a long history of serving the greater Otsego County region, Bay Street Orthopaedics recognized the need for increased availability of orthopaedic care access. We are proud to announce the expansion of our Gaylord outreach program. DEDICATED & EXPANDED OUTREACH CENTER A new clinic location has been added to […]

Northern Michigan Orthopaedic Surgeon Chooses to Un-Retire

PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN — Bay Street Orthopaedics has the pleasure and the honor of welcoming Dr. Joseph Hance, MD, back to the fold. “After 22 years of working alongside him, and seeing his level of expertise, we were very aware of the skills he would be taking with him when he retired in 2017,” explains Bay Street Orthopaedics Senior Partner […]

Hitting the links again following back surgery

As published in Petoskey News-Review June 15, 2019 When can I golf after back surgery? This is a very common question physical therapists are asked after a patient has started their post-operative rehab for back surgery. As with most things in medicine, the answer is it depends. Factors such as the type of surgery, the […]

Getting ‘back’ into the swing

As published in Petoskey News-Review May 1, 2018 Golf season is in full swing and that means many golfers will be dusting the cobwebs off their equipment and bodies to try to improve their handicap over the coming months. Unfortunately, many seasons are either derailed or completely interrupted by bouts of back pain that restrict […]

Protecting your lower back while shoveling snow key this time of year

As published in Petoskey News-Review February 21, 2019 Mother Nature has been extremely generous this winter in terms of snowfall. All that snowfall often is followed by hours of shoveling heavy snow or slipping on ice and contorting your back to avoid a fall, which places undue stress on your lower back. Even fun wintertime […]

Bay Street Orthopaedics: Keeping Northern Michigan Moving

As published in Petoskey News-Review’s Our Community 2017 – 2018 Northern Michigan, especially the Petoskey area, has a long history of offering a wide variety of top quality health care options. Among those options is a practice that has been helping people stay or return to moving for more than 40 years. Bay Street Orthopaedics was […]