You may have heard a variety of terms for a disc herniation, such as “ruptured disc”, “slipped disc”, or “bulging disc”. When there is excessive stress placed through our spine, either at one specific time or repetitively over time, that stress can lead to the outer components of the disc bulging or tearing. In roughly 35% of symptomatic disc herniations patients will experience a large enough bulging of their disc to result in a compression of their nerves (“pinched nerve”) resulting in...

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