In this video, an active woman in her 40s describes how she began experiencing numbness and shooting pain in her arm, as well as an achiness in her shoulders and neck.

Initially believing her discomfort to be caused by a pinched nerve, she discovered that she had a ruptured disc that had fragmented into her spinal column. This California local sought out the help of Top US Spine Surgeon, Dr. Hooman Melamed, where she received a disc replacement surgery between discs four and five. She explains how “From the moment I woke up from surgery, I had absolutely no pain.” Following her procedure, she completed physical therapy and returned to full function without any issues.