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Q&A: Spinal expert on David Wright, stenosis prognosis

ESPN.com | June 4, 2015

Related Topics: Stenosis, David Wright, Spinal canal, Spinal stenosis, Lumbar spinal stenosis

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Mets third baseman David Wright speaks to the media about how his rehabilitation is going after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis.
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      SAN DIEGO -- New York Mets captain David Wright described his case of lower-back stenosis as coming from a variety of factors: being born with a narrower spinal cavity than the average person, calcium deposits that accumulated after a 2011 stress fracture, and the cumulative effect on disks of swinging and other baseball twisting motions.


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