Herniated Disc Infographic

March 27, 2017 | By hwild | In: back injury, back pain, bulging discs, Herniated Disc, lower back pain, pinched nerve

Herniated Disc Infographic

Our Herniated Disc InfoGraphic will help you better understand the dynamics of lower back pain and it’s herniated disc connection. The body shock-absorbers, the discs that separate the bones in the spine are probably the most common reason for lower back pain. The disc has been compared to a jelly doughnut, in that there is an outside wall to the disc and a soft center.

The “jelly” is the inner spongy core of the vertebral disc, called the nucleus pulposus. Surrounding the jelly center are hard bands of fibrous tissue called the annulus fibrosis (strong wrapping), or disc wall. The progression of age, can cause the disc to become brittle and susceptible to herniation or rupture.

In the workplace, or on the playing field, strain, and poor body lifting form, can take it’s toll. Sudden stress from lifting can cause an already weakened disc to rupture, allowing the jelly middle to squirt out of the disc space. This jelly contains chemicals which are extremely irritating to the nerves, which can also cause swelling.

Herniated Disc Infographic: Patients who have suffered a car accident, a fall at work, a sporting injury may experience lower back or neck pain.

SYMPTOMS

Because the nerve roots act as telegraph lines to other parts of the body, a common complication of disc herniation is that it can cause pain that is felt in other parts of the body, like the leg. In fact, leg pain below the knee is a common herniated disc symptom. This radiating pain is called radicular pain or radiculopathy.

• Numbness and tingling: this can occur in the region of the body supplied by the affected nerve.
• Weakness: muscles being supplied by the affected nerve may become weaker, causing stumbling when walking.
• Pain: with herniated disks in the lower back, pain is will generate from the buttocks, thighs, calves and, possibly, feet; this is often referred to as sciatica because the pain travels along the path of the sciatic nerve. If the problem lies in the neck, the pain normally affects the shoulders and arms.
• Quick movements or sneezing might induce shooting pains.

TREATMENT

Surgery is not always necessary to treat “herniated disc,” “pinched nerve,” and “bulging disc,” (Herniated Disc). Conservative treatment options are available:

• Exercise and Heating pad.
• Medications: Nonsteroidal anti-Inflammatory drug
• Therapies: Pain Management treatment techniques, Stretching, and Physical therapy
• Medical procedure: Therapeutic ultrasound and Epidural steroid injection, BOTOX®
• Medical Marijuana for treating chronic pain.

Sources:

http://biology.about.com/od/anatomy/ss/vein.htm
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2295
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/heart.html#
http://www.worldinvisible.com/apologet/humbody/heart.htm
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/191979.php
http://www.painandinjury.com
http://www.aans.org/Patient%20Information/Conditions%20and%20Treatments/Herniated%20Disc.aspx
https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/back-neck-and-spine/herniated-disc.html
https://www.interglot.com/dictionary/en/en/translate/herniated%20disc

1. the herniated disc
   – a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region ¹

2.  the herniated disc 

    ; the ruptured intervertebral disc 

    ; the slipped disc 

    – a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region^.

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