slipped disc
Bulging vertebral cushion
A slipped disc is a spinal condition where the soft cushioning material between vertebrae bulges or ruptures, pressing on nearby nerves.
The disc doesn't actually slip—it herniates or protrudes—but the term persists.
Symptoms include back pain, numbness, or shooting pain down a leg: He's been out of work with a slipped disc.
Also spelled slipped disk.
- herniatedAbnormally protruding through membrane
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- lumbarOf the lower spine
- discectomyExcision of spinal cushion
MRI scan · radiculopathy · sciatica · compression · pinched nerve · lower back pain · pain · ache · stiffness · tingling sensation · tingling · muscle · displacement · rupture · radiating · shooting pain · posture · heavy lifting
- organ displacementprolapse, ptosis, hernia, hiatal hernia, umbilical hernia
- backbackache, backbone, dorsal, lats, lower back
- musculoskeletal injuriesfracture, sprains, strains, strain, sprain
- spinal conditionsspinal cord injury, spinal fracture, spinal curvature, spinal stenosis, spinal deformity
- Spinal Problemspinched nerve, sciatica, scoliosis, spinal stenosis, compression fracture
- bone disordersosteoporosis, rickets, bone fracture, broken bone, bone loss
type of spinal injury
slipped discspinal fracture
Damage to vertebral structure
compression fracture · broken back · bone spur · spinal stenosis