OK, so it may not be a topic you are sitting down reading about for pleasure, but if you or someone you know has experienced the herniation of a disk in your spinal cord, it this article is a great resource so we had to share it!
Todd Beartoes writes in depth about exactly what a disk is, where it is and what happens when it herniates. He goes into the various types of herniation such as pinched nerves, bulging disk, rupture disk and so forth. He then discusses why this happens and what the recognizable symptoms are along with a quick summation of treatment types. While he doesn’t go more in depth into treatment, there are a great deal of resources available on the Internet. Here’s one to get you started: Disk Herniation Treatment.