@mpar6771 Well that's good as most providers will accept mris up to 6 months. Then they want their own done cha ching $. But this theory as to epidural fibrosis is my latest belief. And recent path of research as what answers are offered by providers are often few. And many times conflicting. I pursued MFR but it didn't seem like many providers offered it in my area. And requires many visits to address it. Then I found epidural adhesiolysis and thought oh this is it. But now I'm finding very few places offer this. At least in my initial searches. And one of the places that does advertise it Nura pain clinic has Terrible Yelp reviews. But as to your situation, I hate PT as much as anyone. But one of the objectives is to try and break down and or prevent scar tissue. Which is a natural part of the healing process after surgery. And some of us even tend to produce more than others. Now these providers want to offer services they provide... But look at what's happened with you. You had the initial injury and the surgery. And you should have been relieved of your pain and been able to proceed with your life... But that hasn't happened and these Dr's best guesses aren't doing a damn thing to resolve that. Now if you step back and look at your circumstances. You had your surgery and over time the pain has increased and now is spreading out from your surgical site as well as increasing in intensity and constant... So if you consider after your surgery, scar tissue starts to form around your lumbar nerve roots. Starting to compress them and over time it just continues to grow and adhere to the nerves causing increasingly worse symptoms... But as I say, this is just a theory . But it does have clinical statistics to back it. And the worst part is revision surgery, potentially makes it worse because of the potential for even more scar tissue... I mean your a young person, so you definitely to the best of your ability. Want to find the right and best long term solution to your circumstances. Maybe start by calling or messaging this current Dr. whether nerve entrapment or adhesions from the surgery could be the cause of this? And see what he says... Best wishes going forward