Our spine represents a combination of discs and vertebrae; between each two vertebrae, we can find an intervertebral disc. We will be interested in this paper to the lumbar discs, which are the most ...

While any slight protrusion of a disc is classified as a herniation, the most problematic ones are larger and more prominent over the passageway of a spinal nerve (called the nerve “root”). Cervical ...

They act as shock absorbers and provide the normal flexibility of the spinal column. Each disc’s normal location is directly adjacent to the spinal nerves. A herniated disc (also known as a disc ...