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, ...

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

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 ...

Chicago, Illinois (November 27, 2011) — Combined intradiscal and periganglionic injection of medical ozone plus a periganglionic injection of steroids addresses both the mechanical and the ...

A 33 year-old man developed severe low back pain radiating down the left leg. Examination showed an absent left ankle reflex and loss of sensation over the left lateral foot and posterior lateral leg.

A 13-year-old girl with calcified intervertebral disc herniations at C7/Th1 and Th1/2 causing myelopathy was performed with laminoplasty . Postoperative course was without complication, and the ...

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.

Patients who struggle with sciatica, or leg pain, can often trace the discomfort to a herniated disc in their lower back. You don’t have to be a powerlifter to be at risk for a herniation; sometimes ...

Slipped disc is no longer limited to old age. Here's why desk jobs increase the risk, early symptoms people ignore, and how ...

A 29 year-old man developed low back pain radiating to the right anterior thigh. Examination showed an absent right knee reflex, weakness of right hip adduction and knee extension, and loss of ...