I injured my back when I was 17 playing football. I thought if I used the right technique, I could go head to head with a guy who was a good thirty pounds heavier than me. Both of us were running at top speed, and I was being tried out for running back so I had to block this guy.
Well, when we hit, he was thinking the same way I was, but he had thirty pounds on me, and when we collided at full speed, my spine got compressed by some indeterminate amount and it was never the same. They run laps at the end of practice, and I was out there all alone after everyone was done trying desperately to do laps in my crippled condition, and the coach came out and told me it was enough.
I was able to get into the Navy out of high school, but right after I got out of the Navy, it really flared up and made my life hell for about 15 years.
Ah. I’m not going to relate it all, darn it. I feel like I want to, but I won’t. I’m just glad I have a mostly normal life since then!
Sounds painful! Your back is better. now, right?