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Referred to a Spine Surgeon? Do This First
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90% of patients referred to a spine surgeon are not surgical candidates. Nine out of ten sit through the consultation, hear that surgery isn't right for them yet, and go home with the same pain and no new plan. That is not the surgeon's fault. It is a gap in the referral path.
In this episode, I'm going to show you the missing step between physical therapy and spine surgery that most primary care doctors never mention, and why skipping it wastes months of your life.
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