Posted by Geoff

Forty years of playing and carrying drums has left me with a serious
lower back problem.
Does anyone have any thoughts on surgery these days?
Have corrective techniques improved over the last 20 years?
I used to hear horror stories about a 50/50 chance of success.
Any feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks guys and gals,
Geoff

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• when I woke up in the hospital after the second surgery, I was brand new. The pain and paralisis were gone instantly. Steve Balsavage
  • Re: when I woke up in the hospital after the second surgery, I was brand new. The pain and paralisis were gone instantly. JMCaudill
  • Re: when I woke up in the hospital after the second surgery, I was brand new. The pain and paralisis were gone instantly. shey
    • Re: when I woke up in the hospital after the second surgery, I was brand new. The pain and paralisis were gone instantly. kathi agee
  • Re: when I woke up in the hospital after the second surgery, I was brand new. The pain and paralisis were gone instantly. shey
• I think it is most important to do your own research George Lawrence
• I run a physical therapy clinic which is affiliated with a group of neurosurgeons Krys Gudwyn
• I wouldn't recommend back surgery to anyone Shawn Martin
  • My chiropractor has a list on his waiting room wall of the Detroit area's top neurosurgeons, physicians, and other health care specialists that have sent their family members to his office Robert Dotto
    • Funnily enough, walking has always been the best pain reliever for me. Geoff
      • it sounds like your DC has an insecurity complex Robert Dotto
  • If something has physically "gone" how can chiropractic treatment or acupunture (which I've also had and was useless) help? Geoff

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