@drbenbjerkeDr. B Spine Surgeon

Board-Certified 🦴 Spine Surgeon 🚫 medical advice Gmail: drbenbjerke TikTok Shop for my book: "Inside Spine Surgery"

card updated Oct 2, 2026 · 27 clips parsed · following 59 · 1,700,000 likes total

Engagement6.91%normal range

Account summary

@drbenbjerke has 92,500 followers and 293 videos. Across the 27 parsed clips the average is 405,152 views and 25,844 likes. Engagement to views is 6.91%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−3.41 pp). Posts roughly 0.4 times a week. An average clip reaches 438% of the follower count.

Followers

92.5K

+800 in period

Engagement

6.91%

−3.41 pp newer half

Average views

405.2K

median 4.4K

Likes per clip

25.8K

248 comments avg

Shares / saves

1.9K / 2K

0.5% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.4 / wk

reach 438% of followers

Latest clips

27 collected

Chalk lines are used in construction to mark materials to be cut. Do t — @drbenbjerke

2.8K0:37Chalk lines are used in construction to mark materials to be cut. Do the same thing with your suture, aka a "surgical ch36305

What do surgical instruments dream about? If it's anything like us, it — @drbenbjerke

5K0:11What do surgical instruments dream about? If it's anything like us, it might be something like this. #surgery #surgeon #33213

will this implant replace lumbar fusions for some patients? it's not a — @drbenbjerke

4K2:07will this implant replace lumbar fusions for some patients? it's not a new idea...patents go back to the 1980s, and vari43892040

No, as a matter of fact I *don't* trust anesthesia with the music for — @drbenbjerke

12.2K0:08No, as a matter of fact I *don't* trust anesthesia with the music for my operating room. #surgery #surgeon #anesthesiolo199122313

All patients experience pain differently and interpret the "1 to 10" p — @drbenbjerke

6.9K0:21All patients experience pain differently and interpret the "1 to 10" pain scale in their own way. But when some people s23715930

In a vast majority of patients, the only reason to consider spine surg — @drbenbjerke

15.3K1:29In a vast majority of patients, the only reason to consider spine surgery is nerve compression causing symptoms or dysfu4025263131

Love word games? If you're into Wordle or Scrabble, you love rearrangi — @drbenbjerke

4571:03Love word games? If you're into Wordle or Scrabble, you love rearranging letters like I do. Have fun with three of my fa13213

What happens to the implants in my patients' spines? #spinalfusion #sp — @drbenbjerke

3.1K0:18What happens to the implants in my patients' spines? #spinalfusion #spinefusion #orthopedics #orthopedicsurgery #spines45822

😱There's a scary surprise in your spine! 😱👻🦇 What do you see? bat? gho — @drbenbjerke

1.2K0:35😱There's a scary surprise in your spine! 😱👻🦇 What do you see? bat? ghost? or are you just upset your brain can’t unsee t630115

How hard is it really to be a veterinarian? Well, it's not uncommon fo — @drbenbjerke

3.4K1:29How hard is it really to be a veterinarian? Well, it's not uncommon for med school to be the backup option for pre-vet s159191628

A dermatology resident said about her medical students: "you do need t — @drbenbjerke

3.1K1:29A dermatology resident said about her medical students: "you do need to get your acne together ... you cannot have a fac763211

All the reasons I perform spinal fusion. Fusion is one of the most suc — @drbenbjerke

1.4K1:42All the reasons I perform spinal fusion. Fusion is one of the most successful operations we have. When performed well an33729

Neuro or Ortho Spine? What's the difference? Is it just the OR music a — @drbenbjerke

8.7K1:27Neuro or Ortho Spine? What's the difference? Is it just the OR music and bench press? #spinesurgery #orthopedicsurgery #33592651

Sharon Jacks had the wrong leg amputated, and eventually had both legs — @drbenbjerke

3.2K0:54Sharon Jacks had the wrong leg amputated, and eventually had both legs removed to treat her cancer. How does this happen1468920

If you find suture strings attached to your scrubs, this is why. Pract — @drbenbjerke

127.6K0:24If you find suture strings attached to your scrubs, this is why. Practice makes perfect. #resident #residency #medicine 1572818

Future (& current) surgeons! Here's a better option for your non-domin — @drbenbjerke

2.8K1:06Future (& current) surgeons! Here's a better option for your non-dominant hand. I use a small needle driver or a kocher 20705

3 things I wish more people knew about back or neck conditions/surgery — @drbenbjerke

4.2K1:003 things I wish more people knew about back or neck conditions/surgery: - Every MRI/X-ray will show some abnormalities. 123161028

When the case list is long and the staff needs a little extra motivati — @drbenbjerke

1.3K0:28When the case list is long and the staff needs a little extra motivation to finish quickly … Taylor Swift it is. 🎤🩺 Let’57139

Palm your needle driver! You'll be more efficient and handle the drive — @drbenbjerke

1K1:01Palm your needle driver! You'll be more efficient and handle the driver better from day one if you completely ignore tho28105

Chiropractors providing women's healthcare? Listen to the treatments f — @drbenbjerke

13.2K1:27Chiropractors providing women's healthcare? Listen to the treatments from this chiropractor for all women's health issue555382340

Plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski’s murder trial verdict is in. And it’s — @drbenbjerke

79.2K1:16Plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski’s murder trial verdict is in. And it’s not surprising to me. Surgeons aren’t the best l1.8K83120285

Scoliosis is usually fixed by fusing the spine in a less curved positi — @drbenbjerke

4.4K0:41Scoliosis is usually fixed by fusing the spine in a less curved position. But for some patients that are still growing, 13531321

LOUPES /"loops"/ are the microscopes that surgeons wear on their face — @drbenbjerke

22.5K1:07LOUPES /"loops"/ are the microscopes that surgeons wear on their face to see microscopic anatomy. There are different mi7161263118

Surgical "scrub" techs do a LOT more than pass instruments! CSTs help — @drbenbjerke

12.1K0:25Surgical "scrub" techs do a LOT more than pass instruments! CSTs help everything run smooth and sterile in the OR. #surg5553611948

Charlie Kirk sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and did not survive — @drbenbjerke

5.1M1:29Charlie Kirk sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and did not survive. I'll review anatomy of the neck, the mechanism o478.8K3.9K39.8K43.9K

Need your jaw, spine, or eyes clicked? This device does it all! It's b — @drbenbjerke

3.4M0:58Need your jaw, spine, or eyes clicked? This device does it all! It's better than using a clicky pen and it works everywh139.9K1K7.4K5.6K

Surgeons use fresh frozen cadavers to simulate surgery. These aren't p — @drbenbjerke

2.1M0:29Surgeons use fresh frozen cadavers to simulate surgery. These aren't preserved the way other cadavers are. They're the m72.7K1.5K3.5K3.7K

Engagement per clip

27 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 11.8% ER

Aug 12Oct 5Nov 8

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Nov 8, 2026	2,849	36	3	0	5	1.37%
Nov 7, 2026	4,970	33	2	1	3	0.72%
Nov 6, 2026	3,958	438	9	20	40	11.80%
Nov 5, 2026	12,200	199	12	23	13	1.92%
Nov 4, 2026	6,922	237	15	9	30	3.77%
Nov 3, 2026	15,300	402	52	63	131	3.38%
Nov 2, 2026	457	13	2	1	3	3.50%
Nov 1, 2026	3,085	45	8	2	2	1.78%
Oct 31, 2026	1,250	63	0	1	15	5.12%
Oct 31, 2026	3,378	159	19	16	28	5.74%
Oct 8, 2026	3,068	76	3	2	11	2.64%
Oct 7, 2026	1,403	33	7	2	9	2.99%
Oct 6, 2026	8,680	335	9	26	51	4.26%
Oct 5, 2026	3,202	146	8	9	20	5.09%
Oct 2, 2026	127,600	157	2	8	18	0.13%
Oct 1, 2026	2,844	20	7	0	5	0.95%
Sep 30, 2026	4,178	123	16	10	28	3.57%
Sep 29, 2026	1,310	57	1	3	9	4.66%
Sep 28, 2026	1,009	28	1	0	5	2.87%
Sep 25, 2026	13,200	555	38	23	40	4.67%
Sep 23, 2026	79,200	1,830	83	120	285	2.57%
Sep 23, 2026	4,441	135	3	13	21	3.40%
Sep 22, 2026	22,500	716	12	63	118	3.52%
Sep 21, 2026	12,100	555	36	119	48	5.87%
Sep 11, 2025	5,100,000	478,800	3,874	39,800	43,904	10.24%
Aug 22, 2025	3,400,000	139,900	1,005	7,388	5,638	4.36%
Aug 12, 2025	2,100,000	72,700	1,462	3,539	3,671	3.70%