Herniated Disc Column Resources
Resources
A closer look into sciatica and how it affects the sciatic nerve. The causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments available for sciatica
Degenerative disc disease is a condition that develops over a length of time that affects the back and leads into other back problems.
Bulging disc in the back is a painful condition that can be a result of breaking down over a period of time, or a traumatic injury to the back.
Read about how bone spurs develop over a long period of time, mainly due to pressure in the area.
Information about the forming of a ruptured disc, the symptoms associated with it, and how you can get treatment.
Treatments
Fusion is a conventional surgical technique in which one or more of the vertebrae of the spine are joined together ("fused") so that motion no longer occurs between them. In most instances, bone grafts from another area of the body, along with plates and screws, are placed around the spine during surgery.
A Facet Thermal Ablation is a procedure very similar to a root canal a dentist performs. The surgeon uses a laser to clean the facet joint and deaden the nerve that innervates the joint and causes painful symptoms. The facet joints are the joint structures that connect the vertebrae to one another. Thermal ablation refers to the laser eradication of the effected nerve.
Percutaneous Discectomy is the surgical removal of herniated disc/bulging disc material that presses on a nerve root or the spinal cord.
A laminotomy is a surgical procedure that is used to relieve pressure off the spinal canal for the exiting nerve root and spinal cord, increasing the amount of space available for the neural tissue and thus releasing the nerve(s).
Foraminotomy is a medical operation used to relieve pressure on nerves that are being compressed by the intervertebral foramen, the space in the vertebra where a nerve root exits the spinal canal.
Symptoms
Tingling in the arms or legs.
Muscle Spasms Symptom caused by a Herniated Disc
Neck Pain Symptom caused by a Herniated Disc
Weakened Muscles Symptom caused by a Herniated Disc
Symptoms of a Herniated Disc
Causes
Herniated Disc caused by a twisting motion
Herniated Disc caused by Bad Posture
Herniated Disc caused by a Traumatic Injury