Ashley was a competitive collegiate pitcher—but severe lower back and leg pain nearly ended her athletic career. After multiple injections targeting her SI joint with no relief, doctors insisted that was the problem. But it wasn’t. Her MRI told a completely different story.

In this episode, Dr. JD Dudum breaks down how Ashley and her parents took a different path and discovered the real cause of her pain: a disc injury. You’ll hear how her family found Dr. Dudum’s Decompression Center, what her personalized treatment protocol looked like, and how—just four weeks later—Ashley was back on the mound, pain-free.

This is more than a story of misdiagnosis. It’s about resilience, trust, and finding the right answers when traditional care falls short. If you’ve been told your SI joint is the issue but you're still in pain, Ashley’s story could change your life too.

00:42 – Meet Ashley: A collegiate pitcher in pain 01:24 – Multiple SI joint injections fail 02:40 – The MRI that changed everything 05:00 – Ashley’s disc-based diagnosis & treatment plan 06:18 – Four weeks later: pain-free and pitching again 08:30 – Dr. JD’s final thoughts: Misdiagnosis is more common than you think

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