This situation usually produces Back pain. If the disc herniation and bulging is mild, back exercises (stretching and stregthening) are often the safest and best form of treatment. If pain is intractable, then surgery may be needed. (Back surgery has a spotty track record, due to the need to cut through back muscles, which then weaken the back and make for problematic recovery at times). As always, consult your physician (and, possibly, a good neurosurgeon) for your particular situation.
A Posterior Bulging Disc is the medical term for the intervertebral disc that bulges toward the spinal columns posterior. This are common bulges that happens when bending forward.
This is called a broad based disc herniation
The pain from a bulging disc in your neck can travel to the lower back. The actual bulging disc condition will not move or spread.
My husband just got his mri report, at c2-c3 minimal left foraminal, c3-c4-3mm posterior central protrusion,c4-c5-posterior annular bulging, c5-c6prominent posterior bulge/broad based protrusion causing right goraminal stenosis, c6-c7 small posterior protrusion.. He has sever pain in his left arm...what should we do..
A more commonly used term for a bulging disc is a herniated disc. This ailment may also be referred to as a slipped disc, ruptured disc, or protruding disc.
Minimal disc bulging means that you are at the beginning stages of a bulging disc. This can cause pain, numbness, and tingling in the neck and back.
If you can prove the bulging disc happened at work or is work related. Prior conditions and diagnoses will come into play.
Yes it can
Bulging disc vs herniated disc
what is Small posterior disc bulges with mild endplate spurring
TEN
back and neck
A herniated disc is also referred to as a slipped, rupture, bulging, or protruding disc.