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 ...

DOCTOR. A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT WOMEN MAY BE AT A HIGHER RISK OF HAVING HERNIATED DISCS THAN MEN. BUT WHY IS THAT, DOCTOR CHARLES PARK WITH MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IS ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joanna Gaines is recovering from her second surgery to treat a herniated disc, according to a late night Instagram post. The "Fixer Upper" star announced she had a second microdiscectomy about two ...

Rehabbing a herniated lumbar disc just wasn’t going to do the trick for Cayden Lindstrom. Lindstrom, selected fourth overall by the Blue Jackets last summer, underwent a minimally invasive ...