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My Achilles Back

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There are certain parts of me I wish I could transplant. Not really the usual "body image" kinds of things like my gut, but parts that occasionally cause me significant pain and discomfort. There are: The inner areas of my knees that generate sharp pains from "partially torn ligaments" Headaches that largely seem allergy related My right shoulder which always seems to be biting down on the tendons that run over the top of it. My big left toe which seems to have some calcification and is leftover from football My neck that gets stiff when I sleep on it wrong  and... My back. I remember first "tweaking" my back doing squats in high school. Lifting much like the #TBT I showed off previously.  That resulted in nerve pain sharply traversing up and down me, but was mainly centered in my lumbar region. In all honesty I don't think that pain ever really left me. Every day I feel it in one form or another, particularly down my right leg and int...