lower back vertabrae
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The lower back has 5 vertabrae? Two doctors have told me I have an extra vertabrae in my lower back. Both doctors have taken x-rays for different reasons.One of the doctors said it helped with cordination.Does anyone have a comment on this? I’m curious!!!
5 comments
les!
i have extreme pain in my lower back because I have an extra vertabrae form what my doctor has told me is everyone has 5 in their lower back, but I have an extra half of one so basically 6 he also told me that only one in every 100 people have this problem because its very rare.
Roger
Have samething, You need to talk to your Doc. about getting a shot in that joint, it’s call an S I Joint injection. I get one 2 to 3 times a year. Knocks the pain right out so I can keep working.. Roger KerrP.S. My Doc’s Name is William Bacon, Provo Utah
Theresa
I don’t know maybe ateritis form injury I had Major Back Surgery and My Nuero surgen told me I fall int 1 percent of the population tha has an extra Vertabrae. I don’t know what is mean’s.
j. smith
: The lower back has 5 vertabrae? Two doctors have told me I have an extra vertabrae in my lower back. Both doctors have taken x-rays for different reasons.One of the doctors said it helped with cordination.Does anyone have a comment on this? I’m curious!!!How many Vertabrae are in the back?? I was told back in 1983 that I had pulled SEVEN (7) Vertabrae. Today I still have pain in my lowerleft back area – especially when a change in weather conditions is approaching. Why?
Theresa
I don’t know maybe ahteritis form injury I had Major Back Surgery and My Nuero surgen told me I fall int 1 percent of the population tha has an extra Vertabrae. I don’t know what is mean’s.