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Spinal stenosis is a condition commonly associated with growing older. However, in your case, it may be those years of college football that put extra wear and tear on your spine and perhaps caused your back to age faster than the rest of you.

Stenosis is a Greek word meaning "narrowing," so spinal stenosis is when the areas around your spinal cord and nerves become constricted for various reasons (I’ll explain those soon).  Your spinal cord and nerve roots can then be pinched or squeezed as they pass through the narrowed...
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