Harrison -
the majority of spine surgeons won't operate on a young person w/ a non-horrid MRI w/o clarification w/ a discogram - and they probably shouldn't. i know that in my case, i have 2 types of pain - myofascial and discogenic - but it took time and experience to know the difference. to have anything invasive for myofascial, or facet, or "other" pain... is imho part of why some spine procedures fail, and why some of us have trouble accessing one treatment or another.
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US non-spine MD - laid up no more!!!
had recurrent annular tear L5/S1, failed everything
M6L done 10/19/11 w/ Dr Clavel  getting back to my old self more and more every week!
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