Herniated and bulging discs.
Most resolve. The diagnosis still matters.
A disc herniation is a common imaging finding — and most of them resolve with the right plan. The diagnosis only matters if it matches your symptoms.
If this is you, we can help.
Sharp, burning, or electric pain radiating into a specific arm or leg. Numbness or tingling in a recognizable dermatomal pattern. Pain that worsens with sitting, coughing, sneezing, or forward bending. Weakness in a specific muscle group. Symptoms that have persisted more than two weeks or are getting worse.
Your first visit.
A focused neurologic examination. Review of imaging — and an MRI order if you have not had one. Correlation between the imaging and your actual symptoms (they do not always match). A staged plan: targeted physical therapy, an image-guided epidural or selective nerve root block to confirm and treat, and surgical referral reserved for progressive neurologic findings or refractory pain. Surgery is the exception, not the default.
Match the treatment to the symptom, not the image.
Conservative care for most patients: anti-inflammatory medication, targeted physical therapy, activity modification. For confirmed radicular pain, an epidural steroid injection or selective nerve root block at the affected level. For persistent symptoms, repeat injections, additional rehab, or — for the small subset with progressive neurologic findings — endoscopic or open discectomy.
Stop accepting the downtime.
Most disc herniations resolve. The right plan accelerates that. Schedule a consultation at any Triumph location.