Few injuries are as suddenly and thoroughly debilitating as a herniated disc. If you've experienced one, you know how quickly you can go from feeling completely normal to all at once having trouble ...

Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Afyon, Turkey, Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey and Yeditepe University Faculty of ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Even if you don’t know exactly what a herniated disc is, it just sounds like something you’d want to avoid. That makes perfect sense, because this health issue can be pretty freaking painful—but in a ...

A bulging disc in your lower back is most often caused by naturally occurring changes as you age. Most bulging discs don’t cause symptoms, but they may progress to become herniated discs. Lower back ...

Disc herniation cases are rising. It causes back pain due to disc damage. Symptoms include numbness, weakness, and lower back pain. X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs help in diagnosis. Exercises like cobra ...

One day, everything is fine. The next day, you wake up to a radiating pain in your spine every time you cough, sneeze or twist your back. What gives? If this story sounds familiar, you may have a ...

A person who has a herniated disc may experience pain that affects their daily activities. While it is not always necessary, some people may require herniated disc surgery to alleviate pain and other ...

Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common structural changes in the lower back and the most common cause of radiating pain, or sciatica, in the leg. Hereditary risk factors for disc herniations ...

Certain exercises can help heal herniated disc faster than waiting it out. Those may include different stretches, rotations, and bends to help push the disc back away from your nerve root. Herniated ...

A herniated disk, also called a slipped disk, happens when the soft center of a spinal disk slips out of its casing. Although it can sometimes be extremely painful, a herniated disk has many promising ...