Your MRI report says that you have a herniated disc in your lumbar spine. Here is what you need to know and what your doctor should be telling you.

Last month we discussed that the higher level (L1-L2, L2-L3 and L3-L4) lumbar disc herniations present significantly different than the more common lower level (L4-L5 and L5-S1) lumbar disc ...

A single spinal injection was given to 154 patients in the ESI group of an observational study from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). They were compared with 453 patients who did ...

Peter Fritzell GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Identifying and treating patients with lumbar disc herniations within 3 months of the onset of their condition may substantially help their surgical outcomes ...

In an award-winning study, researchers from India concluded that the endplate junction — rather than the anulus fibrosis — is the most common point of failure in patients with lumbar disc ...

In lumbar radiculopathy secondary to lumbar disc herniation, for example, patients can show great differences with respect to the proportion of back pain versus leg pain, disc morphology (e.g ...

Lumbar Spine Anatomy and Function. Story by Anne Asher, CPT • 20y. Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD. The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5.

(HealthDay)—Adolescent patients are more satisfied with surgery for lumbar disc herniation than younger or older adults, according to a study published in the June 1 issue of The Spine Journal.

(HealthDay)—Obese patients derive less benefit from both operative and non-operative lumbar disc herniation treatment, according to a study published in the Jan. 2 issue of The Journal of Bone ...