ABSOLUTELY. Go to the best orthopedic surgeon you can find! Mine is invaluable at UC Health. they have the greatest spinal orthopedic dept. I have permanent damage out of L4 (either sides). The neurosurgeon wouldn't do surgery. When I met Dr. Z I said "let's do it!" before he finished his sentence after 20 years. By then, my nerves were crushed and the vertabrate fused together. but the pain stopped! But you have no future so they sawed me apart and stuck in the hardware. It can take up to 10 years for nerves to remodel. So you need to give it more time. I use ALL the tools available. The cortisone injections into my facet joints work pretty great and EXERCISE. When I get super angry I exercise the hell out of myself and it works great. Be sure to try different muslce relaxers as they work on different mechanisms. Go to a kinseology doctor for eval. Find a REALLY good MFR therapist and don't forget all of those great topicals! I have stayed on low dose Percocet for 25 years and it nips the pain out of the tailbone which no one would operate on. You need to be seen by an orthopedist who will take MRI's but honestly - they can work from xrays they take in the office. Its very simple. My screws moved in my cervical surgery and had to be pulled in for a massive surgery on emergency. Don't mess around. You could paralyze yourself if screws move too much and hardware slips. You should see a Orthopedic Surgeon every year to look at your progress. I had very good luck with the nerve damage for 7 years since surgery. Not so much this year, but I take it in stride.