Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Nerve ablation uses heat to destroy nerves and decrease chronic pain signals.This procedure often takes 15 minutes to an hour and is usually outpatient.You can ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I suffered a lower back injury in 2001, with crushed and bulging discs in the L2, L3, L4 and L5 vertebras. After over a year of physical therapy and drugs, my pain doctor tried an ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I suffered a lower back injury in 2001, with crushed and bulging discs in the L2, L3, L4 and L5 vertebras. After over a year of physical therapy and drugs, my pain doctor tried an ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I suffered a lower back injury in 2001, with crushed and bulging discs in the L2, L3, L4 and L5 vertebras. After over a year of physical therapy and drugs, my pain doctor tried an ...

Carter underwent an ablation procedure on his back last week, Jeff Wilson of AllDLLS.com reports. The procedure removed some tissue that had been affecting his recovery from a lower-back stress ...

Kris Bryant is headed for an ablation procedure on his lower back Thursday, Rockies manager Bud Black tells reporters (including Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post). The skipper called it “a ...

Kris Bryant’s search for a solution is taking him to Los Angeles. The Rockies’ oft-injured designated hitter is scheduled to undergo an ablation on his lower back in L.A. on Thursday, hoping the ...