Seems fairly rare to hear of someone having a knee, etc that bothers them for years provided it’s been properly treated. But hear about “bad backs” that people fight for decades.
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That’s a very nervish… Area. So to speak. But having back issues since 2009. What I’ve learned is the majority of doctors and the va aren’t in the business of ” curing”. I’ve been fed so many different prescriptions that did nothing but dull down the pain. My uncle was in the same boat and decided to pursue the surgery option after getting tired of the fetynal they kept giving him and not being able to do much… Went up to st. Louis va, had his back surgery and came back in a wheel chair which he is still in to this day. That was several years ago. He left paralyzed from the waste down from the surgery. And still gets his back pain, albeit not as bad he says.. But at what cost? Well… The cost of his use of legs and having to have his home retrofitted to accommodate, having his Truck modified to accept his motorized wheel chair with a lift on it and hand controls instead of feet controls. And many many other things has had to give up.
I wish I could answer that question in a more professional aspect like… Oh the l3 and l4 are wrapped around by 20 different nerves that Control the aspects of moving and blah blah blah but I’m not a doctor lol just someone with back pain for years.
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