Herniated Disc Treatment

A cervical herniated disc is a typical cause of pain in the arm, shoulder, and neck. Its symptoms may be any of the following: dull or intense pain between your shoulder blades or in your neck; pain that extends down your arm to your hand or your fingers; and numbness or a tingling sensation in the arm or shoulder. Specific neck movements or positions can also make the pain worse.

The same with that of the lumbar spine, cervical spine also has spinal discs that get ruptured or herniated. This condition likewise causes numbness, pain, tingling feelings, and compression on the spinal cord. For cervical herniated disc, common symptoms include a neck pain with a radiating pain towards an arm. Thus, this is called radiculopathy.

Vertebral or lumbar discs are hard plates located between the vertebrae that act as shock absorbers during movement and there are actually five of them that run from the bottom part of the rib cage down to the buttocks.

A ruptured lumbar disc can occur when the soft layer inside sticks out through the outer layer and compresses the nerves in the spinal cord. There are symptoms that you should look for in a ruptured lumbar disc. These are the following: