IT IS common knowledge that there is considerable difference of opinion in the medical profession concerning the methods and efficiency of the treatment of posterior protrusions of the nucleus ...

He explains that this column contains of 23 segments, called intervertebral discs ... partially or sometimes completely resorb the disc herniation," says Gatto. "The chemical irritation often ...

Between each one of the vertebrae is an intervertebral disk ... degenerative disc disease, disc herniation, radiculopathy, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, strain, facet arthritis, and stenosis.

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes ... A similar trend of increased prevalence of disc herniation was noted with more caudal levels. At ...