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When I was 21 years old, I herniated a disc in my lower back L4-L5. I played a full collegiate year of lacrosse through this injury. My running speed decreased significantly and I remember a constant gnawing and sometimes debilitating pain that radiated down my leg. After a few epidural shots to help manage the pain, that summer, I decided to get lower back surgery. I had a microdiscectomy so the protruding piece of a disc is removed, which relieved the sciatica. After the surgery, I was walking around with a cane for 2-weeks. The doctor told me I had
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