Bulging Disc Most patients make the mistake in thinking that a “bulging disc” is the same as a “protruding disc”. In reality, a bulging disc may be considered as the earliest state in the development of a disc herniation. A bulging disc is considered as a contained disc disorder. This means that the soft center [...]
Herniated disk symptoms may occur at any part of the spine where a disk herniation has occurred. A disk herniation develops as a result of a tear in the outer fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) of an intervertebral disk, causing the extrusion of the soft central material (nucleus pulposus). While it is misleadingly called a slipped [...]
Ruptured Disc A ruptured disc can be considered as the end stage in the developmental process of a disc herniation. Unlike bulging or protruding discs which are contained disc disorders (wherein the nucleus pulposus is still confined within the annulus pulposus), a ruptured disc involves the creation of a tear in the outer fibrous ring [...]
A “protruding disc” is often considered as synonymous to a “bulging disc“. However, there is a slight difference between the two. While both conditions are considered as contained disc disorders – meaning that there is no tear that would allow disc material to leak out (as in a true “herniated” or “ruptured” disc), the nucleus [...]
Slipped Disc Treatment – The Definition Up to the present time, most people are still confused by the terms “slipped disc” and “slipped disc treatment”. Anatomically speaking, it is impossible for an intervertebral disc to “slip”, considering that it is firmly attached and pressed between two vertebrae. A condition wherein slipping does occur is spondylolisthesis, [...]
