Lumbar disc herniation refers to the condition in which one of the discs in the lower back (lumbar spine) protrudes or ruptures. The lumbar spine consists of a stack of bones called vertebrae ...

and the pain and impeded movement associated with one is caused by this rupture changing the shape or position of the disc, or by the leaked material pressing on the nerves in the spinal cord.

Zhou is the first surgeon in northeast Ohio to use Arthrex endoscopic technology to treat the issue. Her first surgery was in ...

warned people away from bending back He warned this could cause a disk to herniate, or rupture READ MORE: One in five Americans live with chronic pain, study warns It's a stretch that most people ...