You can get a herniated disc while playing sports or moving furniture around your house. You could be injured while picking up your grandchild. And it could even happen for reasons you will never know.
Herniated discs – also known as bulging, slipped or ruptured discs – can happen anywhere along your spinal column, which is comprised of 33 vertebrae, stacked one on top of the other. Positioned between each of those vertebrae are soft discs, which act as shock absorbers, stabilizers and cartilaginous joints that give your spine some mobility.
What Is a Herniation?
These discs have a tough outer shell but are also filled with a jelly-like substance. Herniations occur when that soft inner material breaks through the outer shell and protrudes into your spinal canal.
