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Kristin Magyari - Summa Health
Orthopedic Institute Patient
Twirler Doesn’t Let Injury
Toss Her Off Her Game
Kristin Magyari has been a competitive baton twirler since an exhausting weekend, she returned to school; waiting
she was six years old, and a few years ago, as a freshman on her answering machine was a message from the
at Miami University, she won a coveted spot as a feature doctor she’d seen. He’d reviewed the x-rays again. The
twirler in the school’s band. cyst was in a precarious spot, and he wanted to bring
her back in for another assessment. That’s when Kristin
During band camp that first year, Kristin began learned she would need surgery to remove a tumor.
experiencing a shooting pain in her hip and down her
right leg. The news couldn’t have come at a worse time.
“I was having a great semester. I was getting fantastic
“I had no idea what was going on,” Kristin said. “I could grades, and I just wanted to finish out the semester.”
barely walk, but I just kept twirling.”
Kristin saw a few doctors and ended up choosing to have
Thinking it was a muscle injury, Kristin started physical her surgery at Summa because they were committed to
therapy and icing down after practices, but it didn’t help. getting her back to full athletic ability so she could twirl
The pain was still there. So she followed up with a local again. The surgery involved removing the tumor and
doctor. inserting a metal rod and screw and some cadaver bones
into Kristin’s leg to ensure her right leg would be strong
An x-ray at that first visit showed Kristin had a cyst on her enough for her to remain athletic after surgery. It was
hip that at first didn’t appear to be serious. The area wasn’t scary, but once she met her surgery team Kristin knew she
hot, red, or inflamed, and off Kristin went to participate in was in good hands.
the Macy’s Day Parade.
Though she was in excruciating pain, Kristin marched and
twirled in the parade and never dropped her baton. After
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