I am actually in my hospital bed as I type and had a third spine surgery. If this doesn’t work I’ll just have to live with the outcome. Sending love and support always

The Pain clinic I went to did all the testing for all this things, but as you say, depending the problem that was the specialist who treated the patient in question. I was amazed at their setup. Surgical suites were spotless, but they were the best around. It’s worth checking around, check references on li

"What spinal conditions require surgery?
However, spinal deformity, spinal infections, trauma, spine tumors and some degenerative spine conditions, such as stenosis and herniated disks, may require surgical treatment. For the best outcome, it makes sense to consult a spine surgery team with plenty of experience"
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatmen....

Back and Spine Surgery

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/back-spine-surgery

There are non medication, minimally invasive treatments for certain reasons for the pain. I was scheduled to have the treatment when I opted instead to go into hospice. Respiratory failure stop all procedures requiring even minimal sedation. But 2 trial treatments gave 8 hrs of total the first one and 12 hrs one the 2nd one. The actual procedure is an ablation of the affected nerves. Many pain clinics do these now. But knowing what the problem is will be the first step.

Thanks Dale