Living with two persnickety, attention-seeking discs (C5, C6 and L5,S1) requires careful and thoughtful movements. They will go all out to steal the attention of any extracurricular events going on in your life. You can be preparing to leave for your 10 day dream vacation and dragging your super-stuffed, supersized suitcase out to the car when one or both of them will jump up and down screaming we want to go. Your knees will buckle under the weight of them, your body will do a momentary spasmic dance, and your vocal chords will chime in with a soprano-like call and response.
You call out, "Ah!"
Your spouse responds, "Are you okay?"
Because you are not canceling your vacation, you breathlessly lie, "Yes, I'm fine," and resign yourself to bringing the duo along.
Then, you engage the emergency tactical disc car entry protocol: Sitting Help Intervention Technique (S.H.I.T). You turn your body sideways, back up to the open car door, carefully sit, and gently lift one leg, then the other before slowly turning in the seat to face forward and begin to dig in your purse for a naproxen.
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