Originally Posted by rcamuglia
Originally Posted by BadHabit
Lots of unknowns- mostly your age, smoking status, and occupation.

Its probabably a paraspinal strain. You'll live. Motrin, tylenol, heat, and stay active.

It is actually NORMAL to have a certain degree of disc bulging and stenosis. Not that i do this kind of stuff for a living...
If you think smoking causes disc injuries, you definitely don’t do this for a living…
It doesn’t “cause” disc injury, but it greatly inhibits the healing of a disc injury.

If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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