Hi ~ If I were you, I would stay away from surgery at ALL COSTS unless your spinal cord is being impinged or else you are in danger of permanent nerve damage.

The American medical Society said that last year, spinal surgery patients had the SAME RESULTS as people who had physical therapy!! In other words, thousands of people had needless surgery!!! Also, after spinal surgery, you are NEVER the same -- it will not take away your pain - you will probably have the same pain or worse after surgery as you had before surgery. Surgery only corrects mechanical problems. And, surgery begets more surgery -- if you have spinal surgery, the level below the surgery site will more likely fail because it has to take on more of the load -- it's called the "domino" effect. So you'd be needing more surgery -- it just keeps going on and on. The doctors don't tell you this. They WANT you to have surgery.

If I were you, I'd stay with physical therapy. You'll get just as good results as with surgery. God bless. Hugs, Lee