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[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago

So... this sent me down a little rabbit hole. I just want to advise you all, fellow lemmings, to be good to your back from here on out.

https://www.umms.org/ummc/health-services/orthopedics/services/spine/patient-guides/lumbar-herniated-disc

As the annulus weakens, at some point you may lift something or bend in such a way that you cause too much pressure across the disc. The weakened disc ruptures while you are doing something that five years earlier would not have caused a problem. Such is the aging process of the spine.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Also the surgeries often have to be done from the front, so doctors have to put organs out of the way, operate the spine, put everything back. It's really scary. Everytime I think of it I start sitting a little more upright.

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