Ok, so here's what the spine surgeon said.. I have some ruptured and worn out disks in my back. We discussed types of surgery but he doesn't want to go that route quite yet, so he referred me to PT at a place here in Montpelier, just down the road from my house.. I go for my first appt. on Friday, day after tomorrow. Then I have another appt. with the spine surgeon in February, at which time he will do xrays of my back, and see whether the PT has helped me at all. If it hasn't, he will be willing to do surgery as a last resort.. I REALLY hope PT will work wonders, because if it doesn't....