Potential Dangers of Delaying Spine Care

Delaying spine surgery is not always the safer choice. Dr. Brent Kimball of DISC Neurosurgery & Spine in Lone Tree, CO explains how the advice to wait and see comes from fusion-era thinking, when fusion was the only available tool. Left untreated, spinal degeneration can cause bones to naturally fuse on their own, resulting in permanent loss of motion and stress transfer to adjacent levels. Waiting can turn a straightforward disc replacement candidate into a complex fusion patient. The key is stopping the domino effect early. If you know someone who has been told spine surgery never works, share this video. There are options.