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Physical Therapy for Herniated Discs
Physical therapy often plays a major role in herniated disc recovery. Its methods not only offer immediate pain relief, but they also teach you how to condition your body to prevent further injury.
Reviewed by Jason M. Highsmith, MD

Herniated disk
A herniated disk refers to a problem with one of the rubbery cushions (disks) that sit between the individual bones (vertebrae) that stack to make your spine.
A spinal disk has a soft, jellylike center (nucleus) encased in a tougher, rubbery exterior (annulus). Sometimes called a slipped disk or a ruptured disk, a herniated disk occurs when some of the nucleus pushes out through a tear in the annulus.
By Mayo Clinic Staff

What causes slipped discs?

Herniated Disk Diagnosis
Could you have a slipped or herniated disk? You might.

Physical Therapy Guide to Herniated Disk

Treatment-Based Classification System for Low Back Pain: Revision and Update
The treatment-based classification (TBC) system for the treatment of patients with low back pain (LBP) has been in use by clinicians since 1995. This perspective article describes how the TBC was updated by maintaining its strengths, addressing its limitations, and incorporating recent research developments. The current update of the TBC has 2 levels of triage: (1) the level of the first-contact health care provider and (2) the level of the rehabilitation provider. agement.

Treatment Based Classification Approach to Low Back Pain

Mechanisms of low back pain: a guide for diagnosis and therapy
