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Thanks for the quick replies and for sharing your experiences. The disc in question is a ruptured L5/S1. The fibrous annulus (outer ring) was completely severed and nucleus propulsus (acidic jelly) squeezed out onto the nerves of the lumbar plexus - affecting my sciatic nerve. This was confirmed by ...

I ruptured a disc (between the L5 & S1 vertebrae) in August and am having trouble getting over it. My orthopedic Doc suggested I never run again and do some pansy-assed swimming and elliptical workouts. I used to laugh at those people. I've gotten back into running but I haven't run over 3 miles...

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HHC, A/1-9 IN (Mech), 2ID, Camp Casey, Dong Du Chon, Korea & Ar Ramdi, Iraq '02-05

OIF 2-3 Ar Ramadi, Iraq Aug '04-July '05

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