The Endocrinology of Pain Management
At age 31, after medical school, surgical residency, and two years of a plastic surgery fellowship, you get run over by an 8-year-old while removing your skis at Heavenly Valley in South Lake Tahoe. You have fractures in your L4-L5 vertebrae and a herniated disc space at L5-S1. The pain was and is unbearable. Stand …