When your xrays look like humpty dumptys xray MM is not strong enough to control pain. For me even with both the pain is unbearable. MM has some pain relieve but for me it much of the relieve comes from the depression of my situation and the frustration of having to spend so much time flat in bed. MM works for me as a destraction from the constant pain.When you cut down a telephone pole on a motorcycle doing 90mph. You just can't be put back together.