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Can you get a ruptured disk by sleeping wrong?

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No: This is unlikely but theoretically possibly more likely in the neck than the low back.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Can you get a ruptured disk by sleeping wrong?

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Dr. Mehul Desai answered

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