Urlacher's arthritic back

[MikeyPatriot]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Am...p&type=lgns

Basically, Urlacher went to a back specialist who said that they (specialist and team doctors) think he has an arthritic back. He also states that it's just something he's going to have to deal with.

Is this a potentially career threatening (in the sense of lower production) injury?

[heater]

I'm sure it all depends on the severity of the pain for now. I have an uncle with an arthritic back. By the time he was in his late thirties he was hunched over staring at the floor when standing.