Jennifer Schott, who underwent fusion/disc replacement surgery on her lower back in the spring of 2016, is gradually increasing her activities. She hopes that rehab activities like this will allow her to achieve her goal of a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
An end to pain and the gift of a new beginning
Brian Smith
Contributing Writer
bsmith@fayettepublishing.com
For Jennifer Schott, back pain had almost become an accepted part of life. From the time she was a teenager she had experienced back issues, with intermittent chronic back pain plaguing her for more than 25 years during her adult life. As time went on, she began to realize that back pain was robbing her of the healthy and balanced lifestyle for which she longed.
“It was about two years ago when my pain increased to the point where I could no longer do many of the things I enjoyed. I couldn’t walk, sit, do yoga poses, clean, or even lie down for any extended period of time without experiencing pain or aches in my back, legs, or hips,” explained Schott, who learned in 2012 she was suffering from degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine.