DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 70-year-old active dentist and pharmacist with chronic lower back pain. My MRI shows a compressed/extruded disc in contact with a specific nerve. It is extruded by 5 mm. I know ...

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo stumbles on a play during the second half of Dallas' 24-23 win over the Washington Redskins Sunday, December 22, 2013 at FedFex Field in Landover, Md. Romo could ...

A new review suggests that a herniated disk is one of the most frequent causes of low back and leg pain in adults, but surgery is not for everyone. Between 60 and 80 percent of people will experience ...

People 65 and older benefit just as much from an operation for a slipped disc in the lower back as do younger patients. Seniors can benefit from herniated disc surgery, according to the results of a ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. An 8-year follow-up study of lumbar disc herniation ...

The Wizards traded for Jared Dudley in early July to fill the void left by Paul Pierce as a veteran wing shooter and defender. Now, the team has announced that Dudley has a herniated disc in his lower ...

Rehabbing a herniated lumbar disc just wasn’t going to do the trick for Cayden Lindstrom. Lindstrom, selected fourth overall by the Blue Jackets last summer, underwent a minimally invasive ...