Practice Description: My interest in Physical Therapy developed from my own personal experience. I injured my lower back at the age of 18 while doing a squat lift during college track and field practice. After 2 years of misdiagnosis followed by traditional physical therapy that made no change, an MRI showed that I had a ruptured L5-S1 disc with a loose disc fragment. I was informed that only surgery would correct this problem. I went ahead with the surgery but after it I continued to have the same severe back an