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How Can Compressed Disk On The Back Be Treated?
Hi I'm a US Marine during my first deployment I had a hellicopter go down with me in it my doc thinks it caused a compressed disk in my back ( not provin because I would get medical discharged from the core I love ) after I that I was an inch shorter now 2 years later over the last 5 months I have gotten another inch shorter with no trama to my back when I enlisted I was 5 10 after Iraq I was 5 9 and now I'm 58 flat ... My question is .. Is this something to worry about? Or should I let it slide again and keep trucking?
Tue, 13 Jan 2015
yes two inch short a big worry get MRI SCAN OF THE affected area and get appropriate treatment if need be, which appears imminent. don't neglect, nothing is more important than your health isn't it
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