Quote Originally Posted by Aquila View Post
I dunno, but it seems like people post bad experiences on the web WAY more than good ones. Maybe talk to your doctor(s) about your concerns?
+1. When I went in for my cervical fusion, I read all kinds of garbage on the web about botched operations. Even had physical therapists diagnose me over the web & say that it would fail (!) and that I should not have it done.

When the spine doc did it, he found that a vertebra had impaled itself onto my spinal cord. The doc was surprised that I didn't complain more about pain & numbness. If I'd listened to the web specialists, I might be having some very serious irreversible damage right now.

Finally, I think (without any scientific backing - my opinion only) that we cyclists have a higher pain tolerance than the average person. Think about how we're crunched down in an unnatural position, sitting on a hard slice of leather for hours. And at the end, we declare that it was "great, fantastic, can't wait to do it again."