Doctors Won’t Tell You What Happens AFTER Nerve Ablation for Back Pain!

📌 Learn more about IROM procedures at https://www.BondMedicalCenter.com Your doctor says burning the nerve will fix your back pain. Nobody tells you what that nerve actually does besides carry pain signals. This gap in the conversation could leave you weaker than before you started. In this video, I'm going to explain what radiofrequency ablation really does to your spine, why it can quietly weaken your stabilizing muscles, and who should actually consider this procedure. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Doctors Won’t Tell You What Happens AFTER Nerve Ablation for Back Pain! 0:22 Why doctors suggest burning the nerve and what it targets 0:57 The hidden motor nerve problem nobody mentions 1:35 Why I stopped doing ablations 2:10 Who RFA might actually help 3:00 The two biggest risks of burning the nerve 3:35 What happens after repeated RFAs 4:12 Treating the facet joint instead of burning it 4:40 When RFA should be a last resort QUESTIONS ANSWERED What does radiofrequency ablation do to your back? Radiofrequency ablation burns the medial branch nerve that carries both pain signals and motor signals to small stabilizing muscles near the facet joints. This can relieve pain short term but also weaken the muscles that support your spine. Is nerve ablation bad for your back long term? Repeated ablations can cause fatty infiltration in the stabilizing muscles, making that part of your spine weaker and less supported. This can set you up for a bigger injury down the road, especially if you stay active. Who is a good candidate for RFA? RFA tends to make more sense for older, less active patients with facet mediated pain who mainly want relief for daily walking and light activity. For active patients, treating the facet joint directly is usually a better first step. RESOURCES Website: https://www.BondMedicalCenter.com 🔔 If this helped you understand your MRI report, subscribe for more videos on spinal pain, orthopedic pain, and regenerative alternatives to surgery. 💬 Have you had a nerve ablation or been told you need one? Tell us about your experience in the comments, I read every one. ABOUT DR. THOMAS BOND Dr. Thomas Bond, MD, MS, is a board certified sports medicine and regenerative medicine physician with over 20 years of experience treating chronic back, neck, and joint pain. After being told he needed multi level spinal fusions himself, he sought out alternatives and became one of the first five physicians in the Regenexx Physician Network. He was the first physician in Louisiana to perform ultrasound guided PRP and BMAC procedures, has treated over 100,000 patients, and has trained physicians in a dozen countries across three continents. He created the IROM (Interventional Regenerative Orthopedic Medicine) approach to help patients heal and avoid unnecessary surgery whenever possible. #DegenerativeDiscDisease #BackPainRelief #RegenerativeMedicine #SpineHealth #AvoidSurgery