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2. Disc herniation - Wikipedia

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   When a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion to bulge out beyond the damaged outer rings, the disc is said to be herniated. Disc herniation is frequently associated with age-related degeneration of the outer ring, known as the annulus fibrosus, but is normally triggered by trauma or straining ...

3. Nerve compression syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Nerve compression syndrome, or compression neuropathy, or nerve entrapment syndrome, is a medical condition caused by chronic, direct pressure on a peripheral nerve. [1] It is known colloquially as a trapped nerve, though this may also refer to nerve root compression (by a herniated disc, for example).

4. Back injury - Wikipedia

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   Symptomatic disc herniations are most common between ages 30–50 years. [26] 95 percent of herniated discs diagnosed in patients 25–55 years are located in the lumbar spine. [26] By age 15 an estimated 26-50 percent of children have experienced acute or chronic back pain. [11]

5. Chiropractic treatment techniques - Wikipedia

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   National guidelines vary; some recommend the therapy for those who do not improve with other treatment. [49] It may be effective for lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy , [ 50 ] [ 51 ] as effective as mobilization for neck pain, [ 52 ] some forms of headache, [ 53 ] [ 54 ] and some extremity joint conditions.

6. Lumbar disc disease - Wikipedia

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   Lumbar disc disease is the drying out of the spongy interior matrix of an intervertebral disc in the spine. Many physicians and patients use the term lumbar disc disease to encompass several different causes of back pain or sciatica. In this article, the term is used to describe a lumbar herniated disc.

7. Low back pain - Wikipedia

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   As a result of this work, in the 1940s, the vertebral disc model of low back pain took over, [134] dominating the literature through the 1980s, aiding further by the rise of new imaging technologies such as CT and MRI. [135] The discussion subsided as research showed disc problems to be a relatively uncommon cause of the pain.