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Anyone had an ablation for lower back pain
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I recently had ablation bilaterally on L4-L5 and L5-S1.
The left side showed good improvement while the right side was just marginally improved. Unfortunately both sides have pretty much reverted to original pain after 6 weeks so it was repeated again on left side only. That was about 4 weeks ago with not much improvement so still very limited pain free movement. Good luck...many people have ongoing improvement of 9-12 months.
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Sorry, your ablation isn't giving lasting relief. I'm scheduled for an ablation next Thursday. Nothing has worked yet. I have had numerous steroid injections and a stimulator that I had removed. Pain pills do not help. I have read about good and bad results on this site. With my track record, I don't know if this will help. My pain level is very high. Any thoughts if it might work for me? Does it hurt to have done it, and how long will it be before I see results? Thanks for any input you can give me.