fossil, I heard it on another forum first then looked into it and got mixed info from different medical articles I read. I don't buy into it that much myself but I guess anything is possible and could vary person to person.

olympian, I'm doing fair. I had a microdiscectomy on L5/S1 about 4 months ago. I do feel that one is fixed but my L4/L5 has a tear in it and its giving me problems. Its not herniated yet and Doc doesn't want to disscuss another surgery yet. The Doc is doing injections in my back now. I've had one and it did nothing. I have 2 more scheduled and hopes that helps. I haven't been able to lift since last summer.