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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (InvestigateTV) — Brad Cardinale has suffered from chronic back pain for the last 10 years. He went to a pain management clinic at Mount Nittany Healthcare in State College, PA for treatment.

“We tried things that began with simple, like trigger point injections with, a numbing agent. It didn’t work. And then ultimately, I was, advanced to a pain treatment where they basically deaden or cut off the nerves to the spots in your back that have pain,” Cardinale said.

Cardinale described the procedure as quick and routine…

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