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 ...

The spinal disc is a round, multi-layered ligament that connects two vertebral bones together. The fibers of each of the layers are crossed like a basket weave and are at different angles to provide ...

Oxygen-ozone therapy represents a minimally invasive clinical approach that aims to alleviate low back pain associated with disc herniation. The treatment involves the percutaneous administration of ...

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

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

Symptomatic lumbar disc disease, a condition caused by degeneration or herniation of the discs of the lower spine, may be inherited, according to a new study. Symptomatic lumbar disc disease, a ...

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 ...

Researchers randomly assigned 554 patients with lumbar disc herniation and a large annular defect to undergo either lumbar microdiscectomy alone or with an additional bone-anchored annular closure ...

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 ...

Researchers have developed a gel inspired by cow slime for patients suffering from disc herniation. By adding the mucin gel immediately after surgery, it is possible to create a protective barrier ...