Claire
I'm only 47 yrs OLD & have a multitude of things wrong with my spine (cervical stenosis,thoracic compressions, sciatica ETC). What I recently just used was a TENS unit, that my Physiatrist [in a pain manegement clinic], hooked me up to for 20 min.s. Its the first time in over a year, I had no pain.You may want to give it a try.