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Speaker 1: But I had an injection yesterday on my spine, so

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Speaker 2: That doesn't to day that Yeah that's normal. Yeah, that's normal.

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Speaker 2: just see how I'm progressing. Is it pain to kick

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Speaker 1: Well no, I mean it just like when you sleep

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's unbelievably frustrating. I mean, obviously, all I want

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Speaker 1: that's frustrating. I hear everyone else's frustration. Media fans, I

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Speaker 1: I just want to play ball, and I think that

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Speaker 2: That stuff crosses the line that's unacceptable. How do you

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Speaker 2: What happened down there? Which day did you find out

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Speaker 2: You think your care done. I'm hoping the plan is

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Speaker 1: So my legs feel great, you know, it's it's not

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Speaker 3: Could you much about herney?

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Speaker 2: I'm not doctor. Can you enjoy that further? What's that?

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Speaker 2: I'm not I'm not sure about it.

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Speaker 1: Any sense that it happened, like did you change your

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Speaker 2: Like that, anything, anything that would have Yeah, I'm saying

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Speaker 1: He said it was just something that was probably happening,

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean I can only control what I can.

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Speaker 1: That's not something I've talked about yet. You know, it's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so hopefully that doesn't happen. I'm playing soon.

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Speaker 3: Given the sensitivity of the nature of the injury, any

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Speaker 2: To play football. So I feel more confident in how

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Speaker 1: No, I mean, I think as long as the doctors

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Speaker 2: I mean, I've been around a lot of places.

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Speaker 1: This this place is great and uh so, Yeah, I

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