KMBC: Local Man Reclaims Active Lifestyle After Battling Chronic Pain for Years

Treatment at Saint Luke's Pain Management Clinic has 74-year-old Ken Stewart back traveling the world, from Scotland to Peru.

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Over 100 million American adults suffer from chronic pain, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

After chronic back pain sidelined Kansas Citian Ken Stewart from his active lifestyle for years, the 74-year-old is grateful for treatment at Saint Luke's Pain Management Clinic that gave him his life back.

KMBC talked with Ken and Dr. Jennifer Elliott, pain medicine physician at Saint Luke's, about radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and the care that got him back to booking his world travels.