back

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Against my will, I’ve become a “Sorry, I got a bad back” guy

bad back, back pain, ruptered disc, herniated discI ruptured a disc in my lower back on July 4. I successfully ran a 10K that day, but the spine cushion (as it is called) blew due to genetics, not physical exertion, I’m told. The demanding event and requisite training only aggravated an already degenerative disc.

On Friday, I had a discectomy to cure the problem, which slices through my back, drills a hole in my vertebrae, and traverses the sacred spinal canal to remove the loose fragment that was pinning my sciatic nerve against my bone, causing pain throughout my entire right leg.

(more…)

Comments (3)
READ MORE: back, discectomy, editorials, fitness, health, hospital, personal, running, ruptured disc