64-year-old woman, acute severe axial low back pain

A 64-year-old woman admitted for pain control is seen by PM&R with acute severe axial low back pain, rated 9/10, following a fall five days ago. She also reports a history of chronic axial low back pain at L4-L5 and L5-S1, previously responsive to diagnostic medial branch blocks.

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