LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - One in five Americans reports dealing with daily pain somewhere in their body, and for the older generations, that statistic almost triples.

“I was in constant discomfort and occasional severe pain,” Gary Hicks said.

For months, Hicks dealt with severe pain in his lower back. It got so bad that he wasn’t able to stand up straight.

After multiple X-rays and seeing countless doctors, he was still left without answers.

“It’s a real challenge to do certain movements, and the frustration of not knowing what was going on,” Hickd said.

That was until he did a full body scan, and it was discovered he had a compression fracture in his lower back.

“You don’t realize over the course of time what you’re compensating for, and this procedure was able to alleviate all of

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