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15 with degenarative disc disease
by fitnessfreak93, Jul 10, 2008 08:09PM
Hi im fifteen and i was recently diagnosed with degenerative disc disease after my mri. Im still not really sure what that means and all the medical websites are so confusing. Im an avid softball player with games or practice almost everyday from november until august. Ive been playing with horrible back pain since this past december and i did six months of physical therapy with no progress whatsoever.The pain is constant and very intense for the most part. Mostly the pain is in my lower back around the spine but sometimes it seems to spread out towards my sides and i get tingling in my hips. Sleeeping is close to impossible and the pain seems to be going nowhere anytime soon. Ive had no accidents and or traumatic events that would spark the pain. I was first diagnosed with a back sprain then sent to P.T where my therapist told me it was simply a muscular problem and so for six months i was told that the pain was simply going to go away if i did my excersises. Obviously it didnt. Im just wondering where to go from here on, will i be able to keep running and going to the gym in my off time as well as playing softball?
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