The Difference Between a Herniated Disc and a Bulging Disc

You've been told you have a Herniated Disc. How is that different from a Bulging Disc?

If you suffer with back pain or neck pain, you may have degenerative disc disease, sciatica, facet syndrome, or spinal stenosis. Or, you may have been told you have a herniated disc bulging disc, ruptured disc, or a torn disc (or disc tear), slipped disc, collapsed disc, disc protrusion, or just disc disease. Many of these terms are commonly used by different doctors to describe a problem in your spine.
So, is there a difference between a herniated disc and a bulging disc?

Technically, yes.

Discs are the cushions be

tween your vertebrae, which make up your back bone or spine. Each disc has a tough outside cover, and a softer inside cartilage. In a bulging disc, the softer cartilage begins to move into areas it normally wouldn't be. This bulges out the tougher disc covering, and is actually considered by some as part of the normal aging process of a disc. There is often no pain associated with this process.

With a herniated disc, a tear in the outer covering is allowing the softer inner material to leak out. As the leaking material pushes onto nerves, it causes pain.

This, of course, is a simplified explanation, but if you are suffering from low back pain, or neck pain, it may be caused by a herniated disc.

The Cause of Your Neck or Back Pain

The way to find out the source of your neck or back pain is by getting a thorough examination from an expert, like Dr Jason Davis at the Davis Clinic of Chiropractic in The Villages, FL.

If you have a doctor or specialist that is advising you to have neck or back surgery to repair a bulging or herniated disc, do your homework first. While surgery may be able to temporarily fix the problem, it often needs to be repeated within a few years. It's expensive, can cause a long rehabilitation period during which you may miss weeks or months of work, and could cause other complications.

Herniated Disc Treatment in The Villages, FL

The Villages Chiropractor, Dr. Jason E. Davis offers a neck and back surgery alternative for the treatment of back pain and neck pain. Utlilizing the world famous DRS Protocol, available at the Davis Clinic of Chiropractic, Dr. Davis has been able to offer non surgical, pain free, and drug free treatment of back pain and neck pain caused by herniated discs or other disc conditions.  

Now that we have talked about the differences between a bulging and a herniated disc, can someone explain to us the difference between a disc (with a c at the end), and a disk (with a k.) Hint: It's just a matter of personal preference which way you spell it, though most of the time in the U.S., it's spelled with a c.

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