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• a  of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
  lumbar vertebrae

• Then there were the MRIs of his lumbar spine: Here the docs-in-the-box might have been simply playing the odds.
• The possibility of a lumbar epidural--a procedure that injects painkillers into the lower back--was addressed in my wife's birth plan, but she felt that her labor had not .
• The tenderness is not just around the lumbar region, however.

News & Articles

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• Kevin Youkilis Injury: Updates on Yankees Star's Lumbar Strain
  The New York Yankees' battered lineup has just lost another integral piece.  According to Sweeny Murti of WFAN , Kevin Youkilis was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a lumbar strain on Friday:  The 34-year-old third baseman woke up with numbness in his right foot and has been dealing with a stiff back over the past week, the result of a feet-first slide into first base, per CBS Sports ...
  June 15, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Yankees' Youkilis (lumbar strain) heads back to DL
  Yankees' Youkilis (lumbar strain) heads back to DL
  June 14, 2013 - CBS Sports
• Youkilis to go back on DL with a lumbar sprain
  The New York Yankees have placed third baseman Kevin Youkilis on the disabled list with a lumbar spine sprain, according to Star-Ledger reporter Andy McCullough.
  June 14, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• Cronin in Stuff.co.nz
  What you generally find in cricketers is they suffer hamstring injuries playing Twenty20 and one-day cricket and lumbar back strains playing test cricket,Cronin said.
• Paul Holmgren in phillyBurbs.com
  Ryan had successful surgery this morning,Holmgren said. "A disc fragment was removed from a nerve root in his lumbar spine. Ryan will begin a walking program in a few days and start his rehab on Feb. 7. He will be out approximately six...
• Ed Belfour in CBC.ca
  The last thing I wanted to happen down the stretch was this,Belfour said. "We tried to find a way and it is just not going to happen. It is a herniation of the lumbar spine. And the herniation is so large there is no way to get around it...