Take care of your back , the more you aggravate it , the longer it takes to heal , if it is ever going to. There are a lot of people helped with alternative healing methods , but not everyone is that lucky. Be careful what you let anyone do to you, it may make the pain so unbearable you can't do anything but sit and pray to get better or die. Do research yourself , do not listen to anyone else , including doctors , some of them are completely incompetent or even nuts.
For an example ,I had 3 cortizone shots by 3 different doctors, I had a fourth suggest a cortizone shot and I said, I had 3 that didn't work , he asked if they had me under a scope when they did it , I said no , he said , then they were just guessing at where to put the shot , they could have just as easily crippled you as helped you, they need to have a scope on you. Why didn't the other 3 know that? or did they know it and just skip it ? Don't think for a moment there are not some real idiots that are doctors , I have met at least 3 that were bona fide goofballs, I think 2 of them were drug monkeys and the third was a psychopath.
I put my faith in God , he is the only one who has helped me so far.