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 ...

Dear Doctors: I have back pain that my co-worker thinks might be due to a herniated disk. She had one, and our symptoms are similar, including numbness down my leg. She got hurt carrying moving boxes, ...

A vertebral disk is a rubbery structure between the vertebrae in your back. It cushions the bones in your spine. When a disk herniates, some of the cushioning material slips out of the casing that ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, arm pain—these can all be caused by a herniated disc. If left untreated, it can become debilitating and lead to nerve damage.

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 randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both ...

With the 2017 football season well underway, player injury tracking is on many fantasy fans’ radar screens. We want to know which athletes from our favorite teams are on the IR (injured reserve) or ...

Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bones called vertebrae. In between them are soft discs filled with a jelly-like substance. These discs cushion the vertebrae and keep them in place. As you ...

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 ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: I have a herniated disk in my lower back. What does this mean? And what are my treatment options? DEAR READER: Your spine is made up of a stack of bones called vertebrae. In between ...