I know alot of you are old farts with back issues 
but i wanted to share my experience with the laser spine institute/surgery. Ive had chronic lower back pain (almost in my left butt cheek) for several years, at its worst its crippling making me unable to stand/walk. I just turned 34, have a wife/4 kids at home, very active, run and work out regularly (obviously not when my back pain is severe), and am self employed with a pretty physically demanding job. I have met with many chiropractors along this process, ER visits, MRIs/X-Rays, specialty doctors, and neurosurgeons. The last neuro consult ended with his diagnosis being a 2 level spinal fusion, with the surgery requiring entry through both my stomach and back, he emphasized it was a major surgery with lengthy down time and would be a big decision for me to make. Needless to say that left me devastated and very reluctant with my future quality of life. Fast forward to a couple months ago meeting with the laser spine institute. The place is top notch, minimally invasive surgery, and have their own specialized procedure sounding too good to be true. I have a blown/ruptured disc at the base of my spine that gave the nerves in my spinal column very little room...of course any kind of physical movement aggravated that area/inflaming the back muscles around the nerves and pinched the nerves. Today I had my surgery at 11am this morning, they were able to shave off the herniation in my ruptured disc/remove fragments and debris, laser to disc to retract it back where is should be, gave the spinal nerve canal the room it needs to hopefully not cause me anymore nerve issues...all with an incision about an inch long I walked out of there at 2 oclock with just the biggest smile on my face...the Valium/drugs/anesthesia had warn off so it wasnt that! The nagging everyday pain is already gone and its just an amazing unbelievable feeling to have after all this time. I hate going to the doctor and am stubborn when it comes to things like that but being a father of 4 I felt like i had to do anything possible to maintain a quality of life to watch my kids grow up and remain active to be able to enjoy doing things with the wife. I just wanted to share in hopes it may be able to help someone as an alternative they may not have known about because all I heard prior to back surgery was horror stories and little/no relief... :toast:
but i wanted to share my experience with the laser spine institute/surgery. Ive had chronic lower back pain (almost in my left butt cheek) for several years, at its worst its crippling making me unable to stand/walk. I just turned 34, have a wife/4 kids at home, very active, run and work out regularly (obviously not when my back pain is severe), and am self employed with a pretty physically demanding job. I have met with many chiropractors along this process, ER visits, MRIs/X-Rays, specialty doctors, and neurosurgeons. The last neuro consult ended with his diagnosis being a 2 level spinal fusion, with the surgery requiring entry through both my stomach and back, he emphasized it was a major surgery with lengthy down time and would be a big decision for me to make. Needless to say that left me devastated and very reluctant with my future quality of life. Fast forward to a couple months ago meeting with the laser spine institute. The place is top notch, minimally invasive surgery, and have their own specialized procedure sounding too good to be true. I have a blown/ruptured disc at the base of my spine that gave the nerves in my spinal column very little room...of course any kind of physical movement aggravated that area/inflaming the back muscles around the nerves and pinched the nerves. Today I had my surgery at 11am this morning, they were able to shave off the herniation in my ruptured disc/remove fragments and debris, laser to disc to retract it back where is should be, gave the spinal nerve canal the room it needs to hopefully not cause me anymore nerve issues...all with an incision about an inch long I walked out of there at 2 oclock with just the biggest smile on my face...the Valium/drugs/anesthesia had warn off so it wasnt that! The nagging everyday pain is already gone and its just an amazing unbelievable feeling to have after all this time. I hate going to the doctor and am stubborn when it comes to things like that but being a father of 4 I felt like i had to do anything possible to maintain a quality of life to watch my kids grow up and remain active to be able to enjoy doing things with the wife. I just wanted to share in hopes it may be able to help someone as an alternative they may not have known about because all I heard prior to back surgery was horror stories and little/no relief... :toast:
