Here's what a herniated disc is, what causes it and what sort of treatment options are available and recommended if you experience one. A herniated disc, also known as a ruptured disc or a ...

A herniated lumbar disc can push on spinal nerves and cause severe, shooting leg pain, numbness and/or weakness. A percutaneous disc removal (PDR) can remove a portion of the herniated disc that is ...

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 ...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was used to measure the size of their lumbar disc herniations before and after the treatment ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (WGEM) - 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. Now, a new ...

"Acupuncture should be considered as a potential treatment option for patients with chronic sciatica from a herniated disk," the authors write. More information: Jian-Feng Tu et al, Acupuncture vs.

ENDOSCOPIC spine surgery is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat lumbar (lower back) disc prolapse (also known as a ...

Pedro Gil was hardly able to move before he came to The Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment in 2017. Gil, a resident of the Dominican Republic, had struggled with a thoracic disc herniation for 10 ...

Just 13% live more than five years after diagnosis. But now, AI may help doctors know who is more at risk of this deadly disease and diagnose it. The CDC says it affects about 21 percent of adults ...