Had my follow up with the ortho guy today, his diagnosis, Lumbar Spine Arthritis, otherwise know as you are getting old and things are wearing out.
Seeing as my pain level is not that bad and so far the problem hasn’t prevented me doing anything, we are going with option #1 physical therapy. I have an appointment in a couple weeks where I’ll probably get some exercises to try and maybe a heat treatment.
Option #2 is to get steroid shots right in the ol’ spine itself. He said this can be very beneficial, but I’m holding that treatment in reserve for hopefully much later on when physical therapy and OTC pain pills can’t keep up. Option #3 is surgery and I’m going to have to wait until I am somewhat debilitated before that is even a consideration.
All those years of Mom yelling at me to sit up straight. If I had only listened…
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