A 39 year-old man developed low back pain radiating down the right leg associated with numbness of the lateral foot. Examination showed an absent right ankle reflex, weakness of right knee and ankle ...
A 29 year-old man developed low back pain radiating to the right anterior thigh. Examination showed an absent right knee reflex, weakness of right hip adduction and knee extension, and loss of ...
“It was April 2011 and I had been exercising pretty aggressively - Zumba, weight training, Pilates and Lotte Burke - 2 to 3 Hours a day - then I did something and my hip gave out and subsequently my ...
Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bones called vertebrae. In between them are soft discs filled with a jelly-like substance. These discs cushion the vertebrae and keep them in place. As you ...
Amy Schumer, 38, recently revealed that she had an MRI for her back. Results confirmed that Schumer's pain is from herniated discs, but she will not need surgery. Schumer has a history of back issues, ...
Even if you don’t know exactly what a herniated disc is, it just sounds like something you’d want to avoid. That makes perfect sense, because this health issue can be pretty freaking painful—but in a ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What is the typical treatment and recovery time for a herniated disk? At what point should surgery be considered? In many cases, pain and other symptoms caused by a herniated disk ...