Back pain became a regular part of Kannard Johnson’s life during his basketball career.
The forward would play a season for his pro team in Europe, then come back home in pain after it ended. He’d spend the offseason getting physical therapy and treatment until his back felt fine, go back to Europe for another season, then come home afterward in pain again.
“It just got to a point where for me basketball wasn’t fun anymore only because I was playing in too much pain,” Johnson said. “Then I started to understand what I had done to my back, how bad it was.