Jane’s story
“Jane,” age 71, suffered debilitating, “life-altering,” costly back pain starting at age 29. Over the course of 11 years, the Southern California native saw many traditional doctors and received many different diagnoses, including, spondylolisthesis, a bulging disc, a pinched nerve, a herniated disc, different forms of arthritis including gout, even endometriosis.
In addition to allopathic doctors and physical therapists, she also saw alternative medical practitioners including acupuncturists, herbalists, chiropractors, masseuses and a biofeedback specialist. “The message I kept hearing from my doctors and other health practitioners was that I needed to learn to live with this back pain and that it was likely to just get worse with age,” she says.
Then, in 1994, after her most recent neurologist advised she be placed in a body cast for…
