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 ...

VOMITING JAUNDICE AND ABDOMINAL PAIN. IN TODAY’S WOMEN’S DOCTOR HERNIATED DISCS IF YOU’VE EVER HAD ONE, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE PRETTY PAINFUL AND SOME COMMON CAUSES INCLUDE PREGNANCY OBESITY GENETICS AND ...

Time is an important factor in healing. The symptoms of a herniated disk can take four to six weeks or longer to improve significantly. After six weeks, if you’ve tried medications and followed ...

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 ...

Nov. 15 (UPI) --New, preclinical research by Penn Medicine and others revealed how a biologic patch activated by natural motion could become a key weapon in repairing herniated discs in the back and ...

A recent conversation with someone regarding whether or not they should get a cortisone shot in their back to help a herniated disc inspired me to write this article. Why? Because in speaking with her ...

A bulging disc in your lower back is most often caused by naturally occurring changes as you age. Most bulging discs don’t cause symptoms, but they may progress to become herniated discs. Lower back ...

Back pain only on your lower left side may be a sign of an infection, muscle strain, kidney stones, or stress fracture.

University Hospitals is now offering endoscopic spine surgery for patients needing treatment for back pain due to herniated discs in their spine. Xiaofei (Sophie) Zhou, MD, completed Arthrex's ...