“The reason we come to IPPMC is because this clinic is not about just doing surgery. They look into what is causing the pain and treat it. They reviewed my case and gave me treatment options. My goal is to prevent spine surgery. I have already had two spine surgeries which helped for a little while. I have had just as much benefit from the treatments at IPPMC as I have had with two spine surgeries and now the same surgeons want to fuse multilevels of my spine and at 35 that is hard to swallow. The big issue is that every time I have surgery I am out of work for six months and it cleans out my savings and I have two kids getting ready for college. I have to figure out what is best for me and not the surgeon. The first time I had interventional treatment with Dr. Kowalkowski I had relief for 18 months. I can say they do a superior job on their interventional treatments and I am comfortable telling my colleagues this. I come here because I want to feel better and I do not want to be broke.”