ER doc's done my back in; EXCLUSIVE.Byline: by PETE PETE Polyethylene Terephthalate PETE Petroleum Engineering (university department) PETE Petersburg National Battlefield (US National Park Service) PETE Partnership for Environmental Technology Education SAMSON ER star Laura Innes yesterday told how 10 years of playing limping Dr Kerry Weaver has damaged her spine. Laura, 47, is now having treatment on her back. She said: "My real back was getting screwed up. "I got a bone density test and the bottom of my spine is starting to curve on one side from 10 years of raising my hip. "I've just started going to the chiropractor chiropractor a practitioner in chiropractic. chiropractor A health professional trained in chiropractic; chiropractors do not perform surgery or prescribe drugs; of 50,000 licensed chiropractors in the US, many practice 'straight' chiropractic, ie . I don't need an operation." Lesbian Dr Weaver has had a hip replacement op in the US hospital drama on Channel 4 and no longer uses a crutch crutch (kruch) a staff, ordinarily extending from the armpit to the ground, with a support for the hand and usually also for the arm or axilla; used to support the body in walking. crutch n. . But Laura has found it difficult without it. She said: "It was totally weird. I didn't know what to do with my hands. "I felt very selfconscious. For a couple of episodes I certainly felt like I needed my crutch. "But now I like it for a couple of reasons. "One, it's fun to have the freedom with my hands and two, my real back was getting screwed up." CAPTION(S): ACHING: Laura |
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