Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has a bulging disk in his lower back, sources told Chris Mortensen of ESPN on Sunday. Rivers converted a pair of fourth downs and led his team to a 14-play, 80-yard ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 70-year-old active dentist and pharmacist with chronic lower back pain. My MRI shows a compressed/extruded disc in contact with a specific nerve. It is extruded by 5 mm. I know ...

A new review suggests that a herniated disk is one of the most frequent causes of low back and leg pain in adults, but surgery is not for everyone. Between 60 and 80 percent of people will experience ...

Herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine most often result from avulsion (separation) of the tissue connection between the disc and spinal bone, rather than rupture of the disc itself. Herniated ...

Rehabbing a herniated lumbar disc just wasn’t going to do the trick for Cayden Lindstrom. Lindstrom, selected fourth overall by the Blue Jackets last summer, underwent a minimally invasive ...

Move #5. Walking is the cheapest and simplest therapy for most back or neck pain. "Walking for even just 20 minutes increases blood flow and loosens up stiff muscles and ligaments," Dr. Truumees ...

Joanna Gaines is recovering from her second surgery to treat a herniated disc, according to a late night Instagram post. The "Fixer Upper" star announced she had a second microdiscectomy about two ...

The Los Angeles Lakers’ scouting department has earned a reputation for nailing its draft picks, so there were high expectations for Jalen Hood-Schifino when he was taken with the No. 17 overall pick ...

If you find yourself asking if you can get back to your favorite hobbies after a back or neck surgery, take some advice from us. In short, you absolutely can. Desert Institute for Spine Care (DISC) ...

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will have lower-back surgery to remove a fragment of a herniated disc on Friday, a common procedure that will keep him from coaching for up to four weeks. It will be the ...