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Your Tips on How to Get Off to the Best Start with a New Specialist
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@jenniferhunter Thanks for the information Jennifer . The Dr. told me the Khyphoplasty as the last suggestion so I took that he wasn't in favor or it. When in 05 I fractured the L2 they wanted to put cement in I talked it over with a lot of people and decided against it for lots of reasons , then when I came here a friend had it and it and it did break of I was so glad I didn't have it . I'm doing what my chiropractor told me about ice,heat and tens unit my back does feel better and I think is healing on its own. I have scheduled an appointment with my pain Dr. He will have the results also. Thanks for your concern
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I am sure every case is different but the Mayo doctors advised my husband against it. The explanation was that it would fuse on its own in time, but the cement would then rub against the next vertebrae, and bone against cement is a losing battle for the bone. This could end up being a domino effect of broken vertebrae.