Has anyone been told they have only 4 lumbar v? Found this out during injections for pain. The dr. wasn't cleared to look at neck, but he said that usually means there would be 8 cervical v. After all of these years of xrays, etc., why am I just hearing this? I think before drs. always said my lower v. were just compressed. The dr. said the extra would make for a longer neck, the swan look. Yeah, that ran in my dad's family; this is genetic. I will have to ask dr. if this in any way affects Eagle's. From what I read, the extra would be at the =bottom of the neck and after the nerves going into the arms/hands. Hmmm. A person's skin covers a multitude of....
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