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Originally Posted by tdouglas
@Dr. Smith
I totally understand that as one ages, their body starts to break down. But I'm only 23 and I've already had one back surgery. I'm not supposed to age this fast!
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That's amost exactly what I said when, at 45, my surgeon told me I have the spine of a man in his 90s, and what I really needed was a spine replacement, which he couldn't give me.
Some of this terminology can be/get confusing. See:
facet syndrome,
spondylosis
There may be other reasons for early onset as well, e.g genetics, nutritional deficiency, etc.
Pain in the area... maybe yes—maybe no. With all the research you do, I'll assume you know about
referred pain. I don't know that your pain is/isn't—just throwin' it out there, cuz I've had it vis-à-vis
myofascial pain syndrome.
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Of course, I'm not at all qualified to make that call, but it all adds up.
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We're not at all qualified to make that call either.
Whether it all adds up...
You'd know better than (the collective) us (we?
) So many variables—medical history, genetics, stuff we don't even
know that we don't know...
What is it about
facet joint osteoarthritis that you can't find? See also:
facet syndrome causes
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