Two years ago, Heather Austin began feeling what she described as “electric shocks” that traveled from her hips down both legs. Over time, the pain intensified and left her barely able to walk, let alone drive her kids to school. Today, Austin is pain free and back to her morning runs thanks to UCI Health spine surgeon Don Y. Park, MD, one of the few orthopedic surgeons who specialize in an innovative, minimally invasive surgery called biportal endoscopic spinal decompression.