When neither back exercises, nor massage, nor drugs could help her anymore, Wilma Wirbel decided reluctantly to speak to her orthopedist about a surgical solution. For a long time she had been suffering from a slipped disk in the neck region, which considerably restricted her movement and caused severe pain. Now a millimetersized piece of plastic sits between two of her cervical vertebrae.
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