Here's what a herniated disc is, what causes it and what sort of treatment options are available and recommended if you experience one.

A herniated or bulging disc in the back can be identified with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a test typically recommended when you've experienced back pain symptoms for at least six weeks.

Lumbar disk herniation is one of the most common structural changes in the lower back and the most common cause of radiating ...

Neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain and arm pain can all be caused by a herniated disc. If left untreated, this can become debilitating and lead to nerve damage. Now, a new procedure is helping to ...

Experts say one of the main problems is herniated or bulging discs ... “If you remove too much of that disc, that increases the chances of back pain after surgery. And if you remove too little ...

Patients who exhibit mild to moderate symptoms of LSS should undergo multimodal conservative treatment, such as patient education, pain medication, delordosing physiotherapy and epidural injections.

When the MRI showed I had a bulging disc I felt a sense of relief. Not pain relief of course, but it made me feel like maybe I hadn’t been crazy after all, that maybe this wasn’t just ...

We’ve found that these straps also help to relieve waist muscle aches, disc herniation ... from moderate lower back pain, muscle strains, tears, pulls, bulging discs, herniated discs, and ...

The main outcome measure was an analysis of aetiology of LBP at three event category athletes: throwers, jumpers, and sprinters and their lumbar pain problems were categorised at discogenic (disk ...

An enlarged laptop, tablet or smartphone battery caused by gas building up when the electrolyte that separates the layers within the battery starts to degrade. Evident when the back of the phone ...

"I was also experiencing incontinence and pain during intercourse and a bulging feeling. "I didn't really know what to think because I honestly knew nothing about my body at that time." Natashja ...

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