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Not so smooth ride

Limara Greenwood, 40, from Bridgwater

Heading downstairs to put my shoes on, the pain in my back was unbearable.

What’s more, it was going to affect me in one of two ways.

I would spend the whole day rocking back and forth in agony, or the pain running down my spine would be so sharp that I would hold my breath, unable to move.

I’d suffered from degenerative disc disease and scoliosis that had affected my back since I was 10.

Two discs were fusing together in my spine, and this would get worse as I aged – I’d need a wheelchair one day.

The pain was debilitating, and I relied on painkillers prescribed by my GP and pain clinic.

But the medication didn’t

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