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Originally Posted by mmglobal
Do you have clear positive facet injections? Performing a rhizotomy without evidence that the pain is coming from the facets may be ablating tissues with no benefit.
A pain level of zero to four would be success after a procedure for most of the spine patients I know.
Are you fit? If not, with the relatively low pain levels, can you still get fit?
Mark
PS... I know that your pain level does not seem low to you. Many spine patients I know tend to underrate their pain. (Especially engineers and athletes!)
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I would need to get a facet block first. Have not had that done yet. I am pretty fit and have done extensive PT. I don't have much in the way of leg weakness or sciatica, just localized L3 pain. The major hassle is sitting. Undrugged, it is very hard to do.