Yes, severe ruptured disk, complete with a month of paralysis, vomiting, bed-pissing, all the good fun. Never before was I so relieved in the surgery recovery room. Very few things I really cannot do anymore-- kicking high at all is a definite extreme NO NO. Also some strange exercises my trainer has had me do are ridiculously hard-- holding a light (10 lb) weight in front of me and making figure 8s. Upright leaning rows. These exercises I simply cannot do with ANY substantial weight, and it's not a weakness issue, it's just something I feel in my spine that ain't right. Hopefully with exercise this will go away. If it doesn't I will juice and exercise and hope it goes away.

Heh, thanks for the comment about willpower. I kind of think that willpower, and a lot of brain related things, are like muscles; you develop them over time. In fact this may be exactly true-- brain studies show that certain areas of the brain do experience growth as you use them. 5 years ago I was a heavy pot smoker, heading nowhere; people can change.