[hotreds]

My back is beyond shot! Did some stoopid things as a yout- including buying a pair of iron boots( do they even have those things anymore??!!) and immediately doing leg lifts with same( was barely able to stand up the next day.) My ortho told me I probably would/should have surgery, but as I talked to more and more people this is what I was told: 1/3 show improvement, 1/3 stay the same, 1/3 get worse. So, I'm going to avoid this if at all possible, but, as always, YMMV.