Stoudemire had an MRI exam Monday that revealed the injury. The Knicks say he doesn't need surgery and the injury will be treated with rehabilitation.

Point guard Jeremy Lin is also out for the Knicks against the Bucks because of a sore right knee, but Stoudemire's injury is the greater concern.

He was finally playing well recently after struggling earlier this season following a back injury in last season's playoffs. The Knicks currently hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

babyKnicks wrote:Stoudemire out indefinitely with back injury

Associated Press | March 26, 2012
NEW YORK -- Amare Stoudemire has a bulging disk in his back and is out indefinitely, a damaging blow to the New York Knicks with a month left in the regular season.

Stoudemire had an MRI exam Monday that revealed the injury. The Knicks say he doesn't need surgery and the injury will be treated with rehabilitation.

Point guard Jeremy Lin is also out for the Knicks against the Bucks because of a sore right knee, but Stoudemire's injury is the greater concern.

He was finally playing well recently after struggling earlier this season following a back injury in last season's playoffs. The Knicks currently hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

OH GAWDALMIGHTY!!!!! Why does this have to happen to us?

Gymkata wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

babyKnicks wrote:Stoudemire out indefinitely with back injury

Associated Press | March 26, 2012
NEW YORK -- Amare Stoudemire has a bulging disk in his back and is out indefinitely, a damaging blow to the New York Knicks with a month left in the regular season.

Stoudemire had an MRI exam Monday that revealed the injury. The Knicks say he doesn't need surgery and the injury will be treated with rehabilitation.

Point guard Jeremy Lin is also out for the Knicks against the Bucks because of a sore right knee, but Stoudemire's injury is the greater concern.

He was finally playing well recently after struggling earlier this season following a back injury in last season's playoffs. The Knicks currently hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

OH GAWDALMIGHTY!!!!! Why does this have to happen to us?

Because the sky is blue, the grass is green and Knicks fans can never have anything nice.

You mean like having an awesome pg to fall into our hands and salvage our season?

Comon, it was a risk, nobody wanted to pay him that money, we did it with no insurance.

It was a bet and we just lost, now, Melo may be relieved from sharing the spotlight and become the star we paid for.

Otherwise, it's gonna be Eddy Curry eating our cap room all over again.

A bulging disc can cause discomfort and disability in various parts of the body, depending on the location of the affected disc(s). A bulging disc occurs when one of the discs between your vertebrae develops a weak spot and pops out beyond its normal perimeter. Interestingly, many people might have a bulging disc and not even know it, as long as the bulging area does not press upon surrounding tissues. When the bulging disc impinges on the nerves of the spinal column, however, that’s typically when symptoms begin. In the lower back, the damaged disc can cause pain to travel to the hips, buttocks, legs, and feet. In the upper back, the pain would radiate from the neck down the arm and to the fingers.

Approximately 90% of bulging discs occur in the lower back, or lumbar area of the spine. The most common lumbar bulging disc is seen around levels L4-L5 (lumbar segments 4 and 5) or L5-S1 (lumbar segment 5 and sacral segment1), which causes pain in the L5 nerve or S1 nerve, respectively. If the bulging disc impinges on the sciatic nerve in the lower back, it can lead to a back problem called sciatica. On the other hand, if the bulging disc is located in the neck, it is called a cervical bulging disc.

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After you have been diagnosed with a bulging disc, your doctor will recommend a range of treatments such as rest, a heating pad, exercises, and medication. Most of the time, a bulging disc will heal on its own, but in a certain percentage of cases, your doctor may recommend surgery.

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Herniated/bulging discs are nothing to play with. Hopefully Amar'e will be able to recover quickly.

The other fortunate thing is that with the Oxycodone I was given might not only easy my pain but ease the pain of dealing with a Knicks loss tonight and this awful Amare/Lin news but what can I expect from a cursed franchise. Prescription says to take 1 or 2 pills every 4hours if needed. So I started by taking only 1 as the first dose given to me at the hospital wore off and I could feel the pain coming.

Sorry UK family for my ramblin state. Amare if you're reading I'm here for you if you need a friend we can recover together!

gunsnewing wrote:To think we had David Lee. Not the news I expecting to here getting home from a septoplasty to fix a deviated septum and week of recovery with constant bloody nose. And I was actually looking forward to doing nothing but watching the Knicks. Fortunately we have Jorts amd get Jeffries back soon and maybe get Amare back by the last week of the season.

The other fortunate thing is that with the Oxycodone I was given might not only easy my pain but ease the pain of dealing with a Knicks loss tonight and this awful Amare/Lin news but what can I expect from a cursed franchise. Prescription says to take 1 or 2 pills every 4hours if needed. So I started by taking only 1 as the first dose given to me at the hospital wore off and I could feel the pain coming.

Sorry UK family for my ramblin state. Amare if you're reading I'm here for you if you need a friend we can recover together!

Feel better man!