A member asked:

I had two major surgeries, neck fusion/hip graft and back surgery. how can i prevent these severe pain every morning?

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Dr. Ki-Hon Lin answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Chronic pain: It sounds like you have chronic pain despite 2 prior spinal surgeries. Your best chance of improvement lies in aggressive conservative treatments - aggressive physical therapy, increased activity, regular exercise, smoking cessation, weight loss, improved diet. Beyond that you're facing potentially chronic treatments which, at your age, you'd like to avoid if possible, such as pain management.

Answered 4/30/2015

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