Do You Have a Herniated or Slipped Disc in Your Back?

How do you know if you have a slipped disc or disc herniation?

When one has a slipped, herniated or prolapsed disc they can have back pain as well as nerve pain.  Slipped disc can cause spinal pain where ever the location is of the slipped disc itself. If one has this condition in the neck, mid back or low back that is where their pain can be located. Individuals with a slipped disc or herniation can have muscle spasm, muscle tension, and sharp shooting, tingling, burning nerve pain.

The slipped disc or herniated disc can press on the spinal nerves causing nerve pain. Examples of nerve pain are tingling,numbness, sharp shooting and burning.  Nerve pain can travel to different areas of the body depending on where the location is of the slipped disc. If one has a disc herniation or slipped disc in the lower back. They can have pain in their glutes or going all the way down their leg to their feet. The nerve pain can also travel up the spine from the low back. If one had a slipped disc in the neck. They can have pain that goes up into the head/skull or pain that shoots down into the arms and hands.

Chiropractic treatment and therapies are so successful in helping people with slipped disc problems or herniated desk problems. The main thing when one has a slipped disc is slow movement. You want to get your body moving as quickly as possible to get the disc to move back in place. Here we show a video of a position that one can put themselves into if they have a low back slip disc or herniation. When one has such bad pain in the low back due to a disc problem, high knee marching as well as crawling is suggested to help hydrate the discs of the low back.  Gentle chiropractic adjustments such as flexion distraction techniques, activator and Thompson drop can be very effective in helping with a slipped disc.  Alignment of the vertebra and hydration of the disc can be provided with gentle chiropractic adjustments. Chiropractic therapy’s help with inflammation, pain and spinal healing.

For more individualized information regarding your health, please call Voitenko Wellness at 714-730-2225 or contact us here to schedule an appointment!

Voitenko Wellness- Dr. Amber Voitenko-Chiropractor

13372 Newport Ave D, Tustin, CA 92780

714-730-2225