1.   His left leg slipped, rupturing a disc in his back.

2.   Powell ruptured a disc in his back and was laid up for a year.

3.   And she swears she could see some life force leave Pooh-Bear in January, when he ruptured a disc in his back and had to be euthanized.

4.   Payne ruptured the disc a few weeks ago.

5.   Strawberry ruptured a disc in his back in May and was never the same.

6.   The next year he ruptured a disc in his lower back a month into the season and never played regularly again.

7.   He initially feared he had ruptured a disc in his back, but it turned out to be an acute sciatica attack.

8.   It had been feared the experienced seamer, who broke down as he warmed up for the drawn match against Essex last weekend, had ruptured a disc.