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 [...]
Healing Back Pain Healing back pain has long been a challenge for medical practitioners, especially in patients in whom the persistent pain interferes with daily life. In some cases, the pain could be so crippling and debilitating that these patients could no longer work and require the aid of loved ones for certain activities that [...]
Sciatica Treatment Sciatica treatment seeks to accomplish two goals: 1) relief of symptoms and 2) treatment of the cause. Because most causative factors resolve on their own within 30 days, such as herniated discs, relief of pain and other symptoms is the primary objective. Treatment of the cause is warranted only in cases of severe [...]
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, [...]
