After the MRI's, my doctor referred me to physical therapy twice a week for 6 weeks. St the same time pain mgmt first gave me a shot to deaden the nerves. That was good for 2 days and all the pain came back. Next, was a joint block shot. It did not help at all. So now I'm scheduled for disks to be rebuilt on L-2, L-3,
L-4, L-5 and S-1. It's been a long road that I hope is almost over.
It was a process of elimination to see what was causing the pain. If yours is from arthritis, I would ask him about a joint block.
It says that if the nerve block removes 50% of the pain, then you are a good candidate for ablation. I'm 70 yrs old. I hope you have someone to be your advocate if necessary.