I Still Have Back Pain! Now What?  Peer Reviewed  Does the
following sound familiar? You injured your back quite some time
ago. You went to your doctor and initially some medications were
prescribed and some physical therapy. The physical therapy
either did not help much or in fact it made you worse. After
several weeks to months of trying physical therapy you had
further testing including x-rays or maybe an MRI scan. After
these tests you may have been referred for some special steroid
injections into your back of which you had at least three. These
may have helped temporarily, but did not significantly resolve
the severe pain you are having. Eventually, you underwent
surgery. Then after a period of rehabilitation you may have felt
some improvement particularly if you had had some pain in your
leg. However, you continue to have significant pain in your
lower back. By this time many months have past and you are not
able to do the things you enjoy and may not have been able to
return to work. You are now tryin