When's the last time you had that back MRId? Talk to the doc about it and see what you come up with. I'd want to know if there's disc trouble or things have changed. Then I'd bring those MRIs to a good pain clinic, where they have several options for you in addition to your massage.

I do the steroid shots as needed and I'll tell you, if not for those I would have thrown myself off a cliff.



They also give me muscle relaxers and tramadol, and they offer massage, PT and all kinds of stuff.


Asking for help with pain doesn't mean one is weak. Pain is the body's only way of screaming *FIRE!!!* It's telling you something's wrong, and hoping you'll fix it.