You’ve been in a constant battle against lower back pain for years now, and you just want to find a solution that allows you to get back to living your best life. That solution may lie in spinal decompression and fusion surgery, which is the gold standard for relieving chronic spine issues like lumbar spinal stenosis, which affects 11% of the older population in the United States.
You’ve decided that enough is enough, and you want to put an end to your back issues through spine surgery. You're certainly not alone — each year in the United States, about half a million people undergo lumbar spine surgery.
Pain with certain movements and pain that shoots down one of your legs—these are two of the more common signs that you’ve developed sciatica, a painful nerve entrapment issue in your lower back.
When a person makes the decision to undergo spine surgery, they don’t do so lightly, but their hopes are high for much-needed relief from their back pain. Imagine that relief wasn’t on the other side.
Throwing your back out, sciatica, arthritis — these are all common drivers of lower back pain, which affects up to 74 million Americans at any given time. We’re going to add sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction to the long list, which isn’t well known, even though experts estimate that it’s responsible for 15% to 30% of all cases of lower back pain.
