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A good two years ago I seriously compromised my back while lifting a 300lb wood chipper out of a pickup (images of Fargo are not too far off in terms of size and type), with two neighbors, with the misguided intent of saving a few bucks by doing what I should have been paying Jimmie's Tree Service to do for the cost of the chipper! Yeah, we get older but not always wiser. So there I am, with such pain that getting up and around was quite an ordeal… off to my Doctor who informs me a week or so after a CT scan that two discs are not what they used to be, and that the pain I am suffering from is a result of pressure on the sciatic nerve. Treatment options… possible recourse? Off to see a neurosurgeon who suggests stretching and exercise to strengthen the core… makes sense to not only work the muscles and relieve stress on the back, but to also strengthen the core to shift the 'work' around a bit. After a couple of months it is the same, if not worse. Next up is a referral to an anesthesiologist for a series of steroid injections into tissue surrounding the damaged the discs….