So what was wrong? The pieces that make up my spine ("vertebra") are separated from one another by soft disks, which contain gel. The disks are necessary to absorb shocks, and to make the spine flexible. Because of the way my body is built (surgeons have diagnosed me with a "very straight back") or because of an injury caused by playing tennis and golf, or because of my age, or because of all of the above, one of these disks was "torn". The gel from that torn disk had been seeping out, then got in touch with the nerves that run from my spine to my toes, and irritated these nerves - hence the sensation I felt from my buttock through my calve to my toes.
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