A member asked:

I have ruptured l-5-s1, nerve damage, facet syndrome l-2-s1, lateral recess stenosis . what could be done to give me reliefothee than pain manegement ?

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Dr. Mark Weston answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Try these: Decompress nerves , disc and sars then try rf abltion of facets spinal cord stimulator avoid fusions, perserve muscle tissue and spinal alignment good luck , find and treat the treatable accept the rest avoid long acting narcotics and pumps my opinion.

Answered 9/30/2013

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Dr. Jimmy Bowen answered

Specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Back pain: Exercise! recommend that you do a neutral spine core stability program for a 6-8 weeks. Consider an inversion table or nubax trio. If not significantly improved it may be time to have it evaluated by pain management. Can see videos of neutral spine exercises on youtube. This includes planks and "birddog".

Answered 12/10/2013

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