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Dear Doctors: I have back pain that my co-worker thinks might be due to a herniated disk. She had one, and our symptoms are similar, including numbness down my leg. She got hurt carrying moving boxes, ...

Q I have back pain that my co-worker thinks might be due to a herniated disk. She had one, and our symptoms are similar, including numbness down my leg. She got hurt carrying moving boxes, but I haven ...

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 ...

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 Doctor: I’ve been riding my bike a lot this past year, and my lower back hasn’t been quite right. I get a pinching pain, and sometimes my left leg gets pins and needles and feels numb. A friend I ...

The disks in your spine, called intervertebral disks, are thin, oblong structures that serve as cushions between the bones of your back (vertebrae). Each disk is made of a soft gel core surrounded by ...