By Deborah Westergaard, MD Board-Certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology Regenexx-Affiliate Pain Experts Dallas–Plano The Broken Back Pain Referral Pipeline If you've ever watched a vibrant, successful person spiral from a simple back strain into multiple surgeries, you've seen the broken pipeline in action. Here’s how it typically unfolds: A patient develops back pain—perhaps after a long flight, a round of golf, or just from the wear and tear of leading a high-perform