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Karen

SI Buddy Karen
Prior Lumbar Fusion

I had an L5-S1 lumbar fusion to treat a disc herniation that was causing me sharp low back pain, groin pain, and pain that went down the back of both my legs.

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Michele

SI Buddy Michele
SI Joint Trauma

She bent over to lift a cake and immediately felt a sharp pain on the left side of her low back between her buttock area and hip.

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Ed

SI Buddy Ed
Prior Lumbar Fusion

"I started to experience pain that went down the back of my right leg and caused me to walk with a limp. I believed the pain was coming from my hip..."

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Kelly

SI Buddy Kelly
SI Joint Trauma

Kelly was rear-ended by a vehicle while stopped at a red light. She recalls experiencing a severe headache, neck strain, shoulder, back, hip and left leg pain.

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Taryn

SI Buddy Taryn
SI Joint Degeneration

In 2013 my pain started to change. It felt like a sharp stabbing and burning sensation in my low back and hips.

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Phil

SI Buddy Phil
SI Joint Degeneration

Phil noticed an increase in this back pain. He began to have difficulty standing for long periods of time and sleeping.

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Linda

SI Buddy Linda
Prior Lumbar Fusion

I felt a pulling sensation on the right side of my lower back, but assumed It was a just a strained muscle.

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Todd

SI Buddy Todd
Prior Lumbar Fusion

Todd slipped and fell on black ice in front of his New York home. As a result, he broke his L3-4 lumbar vertebra in two places.

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