@johntow
I agree. I injured my back and had a ruptured disk between L4-L5. The nerve pain in my quads was debilitating. I had several shots but the relief was very temporary and ended up having a discectomy replacing my herniated disc with a cadaver bone. I felt great. Then, less than a year later got rear ended at a red light by a drunk driver doing over 40mph (blew a 0.26, over 3 times the limit).

Got taken by ambulance where x-rays confirmed that the L4-L5 was completely wrecked again, which I already knew from the pain radiating down my quads. After a spinal fusion I was pain free, the only downside is that my neurosurgeon told me that I couldn't do any high impact sports or activities that require twisting my back or I would be back having more surgery to repair the area above or below the fusion. This meant no more tennis or golf!