Lumbar disc hernias can be alleviated with conservative treatments such as painkillers in around 80% of cases, but for the remaining 20%, surgery was the only way to control the pain. However ...

Herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), also referred to as a herniated disc, is a common spine pathology that occurs approximately 95% of the time at the L4-L5 ... a left L5-S1 disc herniation ...

Treatment over the following 4 weeks included physiotherapy, acupuncture, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, and hydrotherapy. The leg pain intensified and MRI of the lumbar spine showed a ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc ... showed the most degenerative change. Disc height reduction was also found to be most common at the L5/S1 level. However, the ...

The lumbar curve sweeps forward ... S1 can lead to difficulty controlling your anal sphincter. Initial treatments for disc ...