I've had this to the best of my knowledge my entire life. The last few years I've been pulling muscles on my left lower back a couple of times a year. My PCP has been giving me muscle relaxants and after a couple of weeks the pulled muscles heal and I feel basically okay.
Today I went to a orthropedic surgen that she referred me to. After x rays at the office I was told that my lower back has a 65 degree scoliosis. He said that the only thing long term that helps is surgery. However the surgery is major and to be honest I'm scared.
I know this will not get better on its own. I have an appointment for a recheck in a year to see how it is progressing.
Other than pain when I pull muscles, I'm relatively pain free. I do rest on Sunday's as I tend to be too sore to sleep for work on Monday's.
Does surgery help with this for the long term? I'd like to be active in retirement in 20 years (I'm 45 now).
Today I went to a orthropedic surgen that she referred me to. After x rays at the office I was told that my lower back has a 65 degree scoliosis. He said that the only thing long term that helps is surgery. However the surgery is major and to be honest I'm scared.
I know this will not get better on its own. I have an appointment for a recheck in a year to see how it is progressing.
Other than pain when I pull muscles, I'm relatively pain free. I do rest on Sunday's as I tend to be too sore to sleep for work on Monday's.
Does surgery help with this for the long term? I'd like to be active in retirement in 20 years (I'm 45 now).
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