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Hi Susan! I'm not a doctor, but I've had pulled muscles in my lower back, and 2 years ago could not even bend over my back hurt so bad for months. An MRI showed I had a "ratty" disc in my lower back. The ortho surgeon prescribed stretches and simple exercizes to strengthen the muscles around the spine to better support it. I've had numbness in my right thigh, and "electric" shocks down my legs, and at times felt like a knife in my lower back. I've always been in great shape (wrestling and kayaking, mostly) and the pain just made me feel over the hill and pitiful. Now, I have no pain whatsoever nor numbness. The stretches and exercizes worked. I hope your situation is the same. Like Chrisy, I kinda feel this is only a disc or muscle problem. Try not to worry too much (I know, easy for me to say) The MRI on Sunday should help. If you keep us posted and you need me too, I can call my dr. and get his website addy. again so you can see and download the exercizes. Hope that's all it is. Praying for relief for your pain, Bill
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