
In 2021, EvergreenHealth became the first health center in the Pacific Northwest to offer a novel chronic low back pain treatment called Intracept. The minimally-invasive procedure targets a specific nerve inside vertebrae three, four or five, permanently deactivating it. And the results are promising – “Most patients can expect about fifty percent relief,” said Dr. Yung J. Lee, DO, a specialist in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at EvergreenHealth. Listen to Dr. Lee discuss the benefits of the Intracept procedure and the relief he believes it could offer to the millions of Americans experiencing low back pain.