Spotlight on Pain: Dr. Yearwood in South Mississippi Living
Laura Owens is a 35-year-old Biloxi resident who knows about chronic pain and the struggle to overcome it. A busy Air Force wife and mother, her pain began in her late 20s during the pregnancy of her second child. “There was no accident or fall or anything that normally causes pain, but my lower back started hurting on one side,” she recalls. “It increased until it was always hurting, and I wasn’t able to perform every day tasks.”
Owens, with the support of husband Brian, saw countless physicians, including four neurosurgeons and three pain management specialists, plus four physical therapists. She tried all kinds of medication but was still in pain. She then had surgery, which revealed that her spinal cord is half the size of a normal person’s spinal cord.