Information and opinions on Chronic Pain from gina at ChronicPainConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/73319 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/73319/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/73319 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/73319/18894/pump Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:58:00 -0500 gina I was born with scoliosis (severe) and had a back brace in highschool, then during my sr. year, fell while hiking (lived in CO) and smashed a couple vertebraes.  Fast forward many years, add falls, traffic accidents, and age, and you end up with severe degenerative disk disease, osteoporosis (chemo, age and anti-estrogen treatment for many years due to breast cancer) and so on.  The pain was at one time limited to just the lower back,... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/73319/18894/pump