ACK! I can feel that from here. Everyone is different. I have managed my back and neck bulges with a combo of narcotics (to break the cycle), excellent chiro, massage, and PT. Have been decent (tolerable) for approximately a year, with massage, and home exercise. Riding, on it's own has never bothered me just everything else. It has and will take me to my knees for no apparent reason just walking along.

Yours may qualify for an easy laparoscopy as long as you don't have pieces floating all over. (My entire family has back problems and have had, amongst them every procedure known to man.)




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