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When I was a child

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growing up, I can

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remember people

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talking about somebody

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had suffered

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a slipped disc.

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And those are what we

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call lumbar or low

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back injuries.

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So the term lumbar

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basically means the

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low back, the area,

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basically what

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I like to call

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where your belt goes

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or your belt loops on

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your pants.

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And that's what we

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call the lumbar region

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of the spine.

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It's basically the L1

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to the L5 S1 region,

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which is a little bit

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above your belt loop

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and then

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right below an L1.

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And what that means is

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you have the L1 or the

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lumbar 1 vertebral

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disc, you have the

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L2, the L3 and L4 and

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L5 and so on.

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And S1 simply means

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the sacral,

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it's the tailbone.

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And this is an area

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where we commonly see

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injuries, especially

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resulting from trauma.

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When people have low

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back pain, it's

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usually due to

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inflammation or injury

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to the lumbar

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area or the low back

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part of the spine.

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Now lumbar injuries or

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low back injuries are

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common in car

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accidents, on

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the job injuries,

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all kinds of

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accidents.

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And frankly, they're

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probably the most

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common injury that we

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see in the

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personal injury

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world.

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Now a lot of low back

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injuries resolve a

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time, they resolve a

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physical therapy.

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Maybe that person has

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to go through epidural

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steroid injections.

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Maybe they have to

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take medications.

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A lot of those

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injuries will resolve

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with time.

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But there are those

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low back injuries that

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require more, they

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necessitate

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surgery, such

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as herniated disc or

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crushed vertebrae.

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And that's where the

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orthopedic spine

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surgeon or the

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neurosurgeon is so key

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in helping our

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clients get back on

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their feet.

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These injuries can be

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devastating if not

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properly treated.

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And even with proper

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treatment, sometimes

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the damage is so

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extensive

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that the person

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never is truly without

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back pain.

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The key in these cases

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is, like with Tom and

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I, we have worked with

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so many orthopedic

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spine specialists, so

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many neurosurgeons

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throughout Alabama and

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southern Tennessee,

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that we are

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able to assist our

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clients in getting

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them to the

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appropriate treating

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physician.

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Some orthopedic

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surgeons are very good

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at working with

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crushed vertebrae.

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They may not be

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necessarily a great

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disc or

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herniated disc surgeon.

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Some neurosurgeons are

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great at fixing or

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healing herniated disc

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or nerve root

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entrapment,

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but not necessarily

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repairing bone damage.

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So Tom and I, through

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our years of practice,

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have developed these

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relationships

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with these

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doctors and we help

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our clients get to the

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appropriate surgeon

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who will provide them

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the best of care and

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then help us in

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pursuing their case

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and getting a

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recovery to help

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offset and help our

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clients recoup the

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damages they

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sustained.