People who opt for surgery to treat chronic back and leg pain from a herniated disc may do slightly better when compared with non-surgical treatments, but the difference is not significant, U.S.

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy has also been shown to be effective to control back pain in the short term. The therapy is tolerated very well as an additional treatment modality. In patients with ...

Dr. Vitaly Gordin answers the question: 'Physical Exam For Herniated Disc?' — -- Question: Can A Physical Exam Determine That I Have A Herniated Disc? Answer: Your doctor should be able to make ...

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 ...

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.

With time -- and medical help -- slipped disc pain gets better. But disc surgery is faster and works better for bad pain, a large U.S. study finds. The study shows that patients with a "slipped" or ...

Microdiscectomy is a procedure to treat a herniated disk. A surgeon cuts out a section of the spinal disk to relieve pressure on a nerve, using microscopic techniques to reduce the impact of the ...

Last month we discussed that the higher level (L1-L2, L2-L3 and L3-L4) lumbar disc herniations present significantly different than the more common lower level (L4-L5 and L5-S1) lumbar disc ...