b'C o m m u n i t ySouth Texas Bone & Jointimproving the lives of generations of South Texans. Non-surgical treatments are delivered when surgery is unnecessary, including physical therapy, orthobiolog-Opens Sprawling New Facility ics, pain management, casting, bracing, and orthopedic urgent care.South Texas Bone and Joints new, state-of-the-art clinic and rehabilitation facility Orthopedic Associates of Corpus Christi was established in 1972 as the Coastalwas custom-designed to serve patients in the most effective way possible, in a Bend regions first multi-specialty, musculoskeletal physicians and surgeons prac- streamlined system centered on quality of care. An advanced orthopedic surgical tice. More than a half century and succeeding generations of practitioners andcenter is next door to the new clinic.medical staff later, the subsequently-renamed South Texas Bone & Joint brokeIn the dozen years since South Texas Bone & Joint has come under the direction of its ground on its new homea 39-acre, dedicated campus on land purchased offAdministrator/COO, Reginald Jackson, the practice with its 34 providers has grown Crosstown Expressway near Holly Road in Corpus Christi. to become the leading orthopedic practice within the Coastal Bends medical com-The medical group, led by ten of the Coastal Bends most experienced and ac- munity. The groups substantial investment is the largest and most visible along the complished orthopedists, performs over 6,000 surgeries each year, healing andCrosstown Expressway extension that feeds the citys fast-growing, far south side.74THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE TheCoastalBend.com'