On Apr 18, 10:59*pm, GeoLane at PTD dot NET GeoLane at PTD dot NET
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On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:13:56 -0700 (PDT), rangerssuck

wrote:
On Apr 17, 10:34*pm, GeoLane at PTD dot NET GeoLane at PTD dot NET
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Unless you've got numbness in a limb or weakness in a group of muscles
(can you stand on your toes on each foot, can you rock back on your
heel and hold your forefoot up?), it's not likely to be a herniated
disk.

RWL

Not correct. You can have herniated discs with absolutely zero
symptoms.

Technically that may be correct since CT / MRI can pick up herniated
discs that are asymptomatic, but in Iggy's case he's symptomatic. Were
you intending to warn him that an abnormal CT or MRI doesn't
necessarily mean that it's that disk that's causing his symptoms?

RWL

I didn't suggest that he get a CT or MRI. Pretty much EVERYONE has
something wrong with their back, and those test really aren't very
useful except in exctreme cases or when you have a baseline picture to
compare to.