Hi Billye, your husbands report is very similar to my own cevical spine report, but i have a lesion in the spinal cord which is inoperable.

I had 5 physio therapist all up, they all reckon they could do wonders but they all failed miserably and really hurt me, they all aggravated my condition, this crap about use it or loose it, is all b......t

The only things that helped me were heat bags ,powerfull magnets, & a combination of lazor + old chinese accupunture. and being real carefull not to aggravate it which is a lot harder than it sounds.
I hope there is something else that can help other than an operation.