Adrienne,
Great to see you here! Personally, I would pursue the fusion/adr route and avoid the chiro route, especially HVLA. You have tears in your discs, and all the chiro in the world isn't going to help (sorry to be so blunt). I was in a similar situation before my ADR: I was doing PT like a mad man, and a surgeon told me all the PT in the world wasn't going to help in my situation. It's really hard to move to the "surgical intervention" stage.
Good luck and let us help you in your decision(s)...
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-Justin
1994 Football Injury
1997 Snow Skiing Injury
Laminotomy L4/L5 (3.7.97--17 years old)
1999 & 2003 MVA (not at fault both times)
Grade V Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
2-Level ProDisc® L4/L5 & L5/L6* *lumbosacral transitional vertebra (11.15.03--23 years old)
Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli -- dr-bertagnoli.com
Pain-free for the last 4.5 yrs.
5.14.09 DSS with Dr. B.
I'm here to help.  Only checking PMs currently.
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