Originally posted on 04/23/2018:

I've had two discs operated on. L4 and 5. Went back to playing baseball and golf after a year. The procedure is called a Lumbar Laminectomy Microdisectomy. Dr. made a 2 inch incision and went in with a scope and laser and relieved the pressure off the sciatic nerve. I was walking stairs the next day. I could've went back to playing sports after about 3 month's but the Dr. told me to wait a full year even though I felt like I could do anything. That surgery was 27 years ago and I have not had a problem since. Surgery is no longer a last resort as they have come a long way in the orthepedic field.