Certain exercises, such as stretches and rotations, can help heal herniated discs by pushing the disc away from the nerve root. Herniated discs (also called bulging discs or slipped discs) can be ...

A low-back disc herniation can be a harrowing experience. One minute you're going about your day and the next you're laid up with pain, numbness, or tingling into your back and legs. Luckily, in many ...

This week we are going to discuss a topic which is very important to the practice of physical therapy, that is the treatment of intervertebral disc derangements with exercise. When the spinal discs ...

Gentle exercises, stretches, and activities can all help relieve the pain of a herniated disk. Neck, back, and hamstring stretches may improve flexibility and prevent a herniated disk from recurring.

It’s not uncommon to have back pain due to a herniated lumbar disk — or a disk that is “slipped,” “prolapsed,” or “ruptured.” The problem can have no symptoms, or it can be extremely painful, causing ...

A slipped disk – also called a herniated, bulged, or ruptured disk – is a painful condition. While your spine can handle a lot of twisting, flexing, and supporting, it may give you trouble at some ...

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 ...

A bulging disc in the neck occurs when the gel-like center of a spinal disc protrudes into the spinal cord. This can cause pain in the neck, shoulders, arms, and back. Certain exercises or stretches ...

A herniated disk — sometimes called a slipped or bulging disk — occurs when one of the disks that cushion the vertebrae (bone segments) that make up your spine tears or leaks, becoming displaced. This ...