"'Swiss Cheese Bones' May Explain Lower Back Pain, Study Says"

"Now, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have a new explanation: the cartilaginous tissue in our spines may be growing harder over time, developing into structures that resemble diffuse bone with a Swiss cheese-like structure. The openings in these structures then allow excessive pain-sensing nerves to enter the tissue, causing lower back pain."

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