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Treatment for Bulging Disc Symptoms
Treatment for a bulging disc depends completely upon your condition, the location of the disc, the severity of the bulge, and numerous other factors. The first step in any treatment plan should be meeting with your doctor to discuss your symptoms and possible causes. Once you have thoroughly explored the issues you’re having, and the doctor has performed tests and used diagnostic tools to determine your condition, he or she will likely prescribe a conservative method of treatment to help you manage and minimize your symptoms.
There are a number of techniques that doctors commonly prescribe for a bulging disc, including:
- Stretching
- Heat therapy
- Neck or back braces
- Rest
- Prescription pain medications
- Anti-inflammatory steroid injections
- More
Surgery as a Treatment for Bulging Disc
A doctor is the only one who can properly diagnose and prescribe a remedy for a bulging disc, and you should consult with one before trying any of the approaches above. If you have tried these techniques without success and returned to talk with your doctor, you may have been told that open-back or neck surgery was your last hope for a pain relief. However, minimally invasive endoscopic surgery at Laser Spine Institute (LSI) may also be an option. Our procedures use tiny tools fed through a tube to get to the bulging disc for treatment, so we only need to make a small incision rather than a large one to accommodate the tools and hands of a traditional back surgeon. Muscles are gently pushed aside rather than cut or torn as they are in open-back and neck surgery, and there is a shorter recovery time and less chance of scarring as a result.
These are just a few of the benefits of endoscopic surgery at LSI over traditional bulging disc surgery. To learn more and get a free review of your CT scan or MRI, contact us today.