In an NFL preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks, Larry Bird “broke his back.” What does this mean for the 36-year-old player on the short-term football team? Back issues have ended the careers of other professional athletes; for instance, a herniated disk ultimately ended Larry Bird’s Hall-of-Fame basketball career. However, athletes have also recovered from back problems; tight end Rob Gronkowsk appeared to be back to full form following surgery for a herniated lumbar disk in
The difference is that Gronkowski, who is currently 27 years old, is younger than Romo, who has already experienced two serious back injuries: a ruptured disk in his lower spine in 2013 that required surgery to repair, and two transverse process fractures in his lower spine in 2014.
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