Piper Niven has been out of action since August with a bad neck injury, and she announced Wednesday evening on social media that she recently underwent an anterior discectomy.

We'll save you the trouble of having to do the exact same Google search we did. An anterior discectomy is surgical procedure performed to help alleviate pain caused by pinched nerves, herniated discs, or spinal cord compression.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, the process involves removing the damaged disk and fusing two vertebrae together with a bone graft. Often times a metal plate is used as a stabilizer.

I went to California and all I got was this lousy anterior discectomy.…