Connect
← Return to Severe lumbar nerve pain
Discussion
Comment receiving replies
I don't have scoliosis but do have degenerative arthritis in my lower back. Your pain sounds exactly like mine. My pain starts in the middle of my buttocks and goes through my groin area to the front of my thigh. The pain is constant. I never had this problem until I had back surgery where they shaved my tailbone and enlarged the opening at the bottom of my spine and did a laminectomy on L1,L2 L3.. A few months later I started having pain shoot down the front of my right thigh everytime I would take a step or place weight on my right foot. I went through every kind of pain treatment out there including having a spinal stimulator implanted 2weeks ago. Still no relief yet. Hoping to hear from someone who has gotten relief to helf any of us suffering.
Replies to "I don't have scoliosis but do have degenerative arthritis in my lower back. Your pain sounds..."
I had VERY successful RFA/RFI on my facet joints (heat not pulse) on my lower lumbar facet joints covered by insurance and it solved the pain that is referred to the front of your legs originating from disc compression degenerative arthritis stenosis in my lumbar. good luck!
Connect
I will say that the Medtronics SCS was one of the few things that actually helped me. Took pain from about a 7 down to a 3. Then, it suddenly stopped working about three and a half years later. There was some thought that the paddle had 3 or 4 electrodes that had shorted out. I just had everything removed about two months ago. I am considering a trial of a new one since my pain has not been controlled my anything, including a pain pump. A trial is a minimally invasive procedure that should give you a good idea of how much pain relief you will get.