Anyone have luck with newer cervical treatments?

Hello again everyone, Male 33 6’5” 270lbs previously and currently dealing with cervical spondylosis C3-C7.

Was doing pretty good for a couple of months there, but my career path and house projects just won’t allow me to be free of pain and loss of motor function. Finally done with physical therapy and I don’t go back to the neurosurgeon until the Fall. I golf a lot, I lift a lot of heavy stuff often over my head, I’m constantly bending in weird positions upside down.. you get the picture.

Been dealing with that amazing pinched nerve, burning all down my arm, muscles locking up and sometimes straight up not working. Went to go dry my hair the other day and thought i dislocated my shoulder, my arm just felt like a wet noodle.

Current neurosurgeon just wanted to prescribe Gabapentin, but I hate the idea of just taking something daily and dealing with side effects. I hate drowsiness and fogginess and that was the big one they mentioned to me. The only other option they talked about was a fusion..

It’s 2026, aren’t there plenty of other options? Disc replacement, PRP, Stem cells, disc hydration? How does someone find a doctor to talk to that’s interested in discussing those treatments. I brought them up and they got brushed off as being ineffective and unsafe. Fusing my neck together is safer?! That seems kind of asinine. Anyone I know with a fusion hates their life and wishes they had never done it because they’re immobile.

Any advice on how to approach newer treatments would be great. Do i just ask for a referral to somewhere else?