Bulging Disc Info

Disc Protrusion Treatment

The first and most important thing to do is follow controlled physical activity. A short period of bed rest is the primary step. A gradual return to your normal activities is next. Sitting should be avoided, most especially for extended periods of time. When we are seated, we place a great deal of stress and pressure on the lumbar spine.

Exercises For Bulging Discs

With most back injuries rest is usually all that is required for your back to start to feel better. Resting in a comfortable position on a firm mattress will help to take the pressure off of your spine and the muscles around it. One suggestion to relieve some of the back pain from a bulging disc is to place a pillow under your knees while you are resting. If you stay in bed for more than two or three days of bed rest you may be worsening the situation as your back muscle will start to weaken from lack of activity. When returning to a normal life style (although not as active at first) you may still feel pain in your back from your bulging disc but your normal daily activities are good for your muscles, helping them strengthen to give your back more support.

Disc Protrusion Information

There are 24 bones that make up the spinal column. These bones are called vertebrae and are divided into three areas.  The neck (or cervical spine) has seven vertebrae. The second area is the middle back (or thoracic spine) and has 12 vertebrae. The third area is the lower back (or lumbar spine) and has five vertebrae. 

Bulging Lumbar Disc

Being fairly common in young adults and older people, bulging disc can affect just about anyone. Most times they are not a cause for panic and are often discovered by accident while having another medical problem examined. Abnormalities, such as bulging or protruding discs, are seen at high rates on MRIs in patients both with and without back pain. Some discs most likely begin to bulge as a part of both the aging process and the degeneration process of the intervertebral disc. A bulging disc is not necessarily a sign that anything serious is happening to your spine.

Bulging Disc Treatments

A bulging disc is not a cause for panic as they are fairly common in both younger and older people. A bugling or protruding disc is usually see at high rates on MRIs in patients that suffer with back pain and are also found in patients that are not suffering from back pain. Aging process and the degeneration process of the intervertebral disc are the most common reasons why a disc will bulge.

Bulging Disc Therapy

It is important to be aware of the disc’s function in the anatomy of the spine to gain a better understanding of the condition you suffer from and in determining the appropriate treatment.

Bulging Disc Symptoms

The result of inflammation caused by irritation or injury to the disc, the facet joints, the ligaments or the muscles of the back is mechanical type back pain. Disc degeneration is a common cause of mechanical pain. Although mechanical type pain usual starts near the lower spine it may spread to include the buttock and thigh areas. Mechanical type pain will rarely spread below the knee.

Bulging Disc Information

When a disc is bulging this is most not likely where the pain is being felt. To understand this lets look more closely at what a bulging disc is. The disc is a unit that is made up of a tough fibrous material (anulus fibrosus ) composing the outer layer. The inside of this disc is filled with a gel-like material called the nucleus pulposus.

Bulging Disc in Neck

In most cases, bulging discs occur in the lumbar region (lower back). When the disc bulges through a crevice in the spine, it is as a result of shifting out of its normal radius and as stated above, is most often due to age as it most often occurs gradually over time. The spine is supported by nerves, muscles, tendons and ligaments.

Bulging Disc Cause

A bulging disc is a condition related to the spine, most often in the lumbar region (lower back) and occurs when a disc bulges through a crevice in the spine. Discs are soft, circular, gelatinous (jellylike) material that cushions the vertebrae of the spine. A bulging disc occurs when the disc shifts out of its normal radius.