Patient from Vail Uses Stem Cells to Heal Degenerative Discs, Returns to Golf & Skiing
The Difficult Problem of Back Pain Deborah is a 42 year old Vail Valley female who was in otherwise good health aside from her persistent low back pain from degenerative discs. She underwent a microdiscectomy at L4-5 in 2009 which relieved her right sided sciatic pain, but did little for her ongoing central back pain. Facet injections at L4-S1 did little to minimize her central back pain. She spent several months working with a physical therapist treating both core stabilization as well as mobility and flexibility. Again this did little to diminish the pain in ...