I have had an ablation three times over the years on both sides of my neck(C3-5), also my lower back (L4-6), but there is no ablation for SI only selective nerve injection. We go around my back in a circle, since they can only do one side of the neck at a time. I just got done with the left side of my neck. So now we see how long I can go without any pain. Time before I was pain-free for 31/2 years before we started again. But now Medicare has changed its rules. If it has been over two years, you get to start all over again with two faucet procedures before you and can have the ablation done. Even though you have had it done several times before. So now if you are still pain-free at two years, we have to order the procedure and do it again before the two years are up. This is so stupid or medicare will not pay. My only problem with ablation is my neck. It affects my muscles so that my head does not want to be upright. My head always wants to fall forward because my muscles are so stretched. I do exercises but not much help. I do take tramadol every now and then. If you are given a faucet injection this is only good for maybe 4 hours. It is only a test injection to see if the pain goes away.

I also have my thumbs and shoulders injected every three and my left foot every four months. I am losing all my cushions between my bones. So I have a lot of bone on bone joints and my motion is not great. I hope this answers some questions you may have. KLH