(NAPSI)—As a veteran and lifelong athlete, Willie Williams was used to pushing through pain. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point who served with the prestigious 101st Airborne Division Willie spent years jumping out of planes, competing in a variety of sports, and later tending to his land in Spring Branch, Texas. But when he began suffering from a specific type of chronic pain, called vertebrogenic back pain, even such simple tasks as bending over and brushing his teeth became too difficult.Â
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