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What Causes Degenerative Disc Disease?
I am wondering if a car wreck (years ago)could be the cause or have aggravate my lumbar degenerate disc disease I have now. I never had problems before the and ever since that I had back pain and spasm. Even after the wreck my back would lock up and not allow me to straighten up. I took Advil for many years for the pain and only recently been diagnosed with lumbar degenerate disc disease
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Yes, involvement in a previous car wreck could definitely cause or worsen degenerative lumbar disease. Lumbar degenerative disease essentially involves wear and tear of the bones and other tissues of the back. Wear and tear can be worsened or caused by injury to an area.
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Yes, involvement in a previous car wreck could definitely cause or worsen degenerative lumbar disease. Lumbar degenerative disease essentially involves wear and tear of the bones and other tissues of the back. Wear and tear can be worsened or caused by injury to an area.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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