RFA for back pain

Is radiofrequency ablation a good procedure for back pain?

To be honest a few patients claim that they have had a good result, but the overall, majority say it sucks. Not only is it expensive, but you have to go for many sessions and in the end, you will be out of thousands of dollars. Some orthopedic doctors recommend this crap technique to patients but overall the majority have no improvement. 

Please remember one thing- medicine is a business and you will be sold many shitty treatments time to time. Best advice if you have back pain, keep away from orthopedic surgeons, as you will generally be worse off. Many of these surgeons are technically poor, have a high rate of complications and often do not care about patients.

Radiofrequency ablation is not a one shot deal and it does not relieve all types of muscle and joint pain. You are free to try it but you will definitely end up spending thousands of dollars for an iffy treatment with no guarantee that it will work.