Over time the outer fibers of the disc start weakening and then some kind of event (bending over, carrying something, a fall, lifting something, a sustained abnormal body position) causes the inner material of the disc to extrude (burst through) the annular (outer) fibers of the disc.
The nuclear material (inner material) of the disc compresses the nerve causing pain at the site of the disc extrusion and often radiating down the nerve to where the nerve terminates (numbness, tingling and pain in the arms, hands legs or feet)A disc extrusion is very much within our treatment expertise. We can help…we have proved it many times over 15 years.