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MY PROBLEMS

BACK PROBLEMS
I am a 21 year old male with back problems, It just seems like I have had this all my
life. I can't remember what caused it. But I remember when it started. Four years ago is
when I started to feel back pains, mostly in my lower back. It took me a long time to
deal with it and quit being macho about it. I used to try to ignore the pain while I
played sports, during school, and even at work. Even though the pain is unbearable. The
pain is so painful it sometimes knocks the nerve out of my right knee. Which is weird
because I receive the pain in the bottom left side. So I am feeling pain on opposite
sides, which is dramatically painful. I felt that if I quit the game that I love so much
I will never be able to look at myself in the mirror or wonder what it could have been. 
I still remember my last hockey game as a goalie. My team and I were up by two goals in
the start of the third period (last period) when from out of nowhere I felt a tingly
sensation in my spine. This always meant that my back problem was starting to come back.
I remember telling myself that I just had to last until the third period was over when
suddenly there was a breakaway (this is when an opposing team player has the puck and no
one else is around him). As I skated out to cut down the angle, the opposing team's
player shoot and as I went down to block it, I felt a popping sensation and a
overwhelming pain went to my back. It hurt like hell but luckily he shot it right at my
position and I covered it up. To make matters worse the guy that shot the puck tripped
and started sliding uncontrollably towards me. When he made contact with me I was on my
knees and when we collided, all his weight caused to fall backwards onto the ice. The
only sound that I heard was my own voice screaming in pain. My teammates tried to help me
up but my back wouldn't support my weight. So I limped off the ice, so angry that I throw
my helmet to the ground. I ended up watching game on the bench. No one knew this was my
last game but me, but luckily we won the game by one. After the game I went to the
hospital and the doctor told me that I had pinched nerve and that this would be with me
for the rest of my life. Not even surgery could fix this problem. He then told me the
news that hurt almost as much as my back, I had to quit the game that I loved so much for
my health.
The doctor gave me two prescriptions and sent me on my way. One was supposed to be a
muscle relaxer and the other one a painkiller. Both medicines helped for awhile, but
after a year or so, my body became immune to them and I was forced to live with my
unbearable pain. 
In conclusion, even though some people may say that I'm too young to experience back
problems, I can personally say that age doesn't matter. Chronic back problems are
something that thousands of people deal with everyday, both young and old.