geordie

After being in pain for so long now i have joined this back pain forum, It amazes me that a prolapsed disc sufferers have to wait so long to eventually get to an MRI scan, It can take up to 8months and sometimes more from seeing a doctor, Being referred to a consultant then a wait of a minimum of 5 weeks for a scan then another 4 weeks to get results from your consultant, That if you are a NHS patient. I think its ridiculous They don't know like we do how much pain we are really feeling. And ...

Originally Posted by admin

Contrary to popular belief, there is a lot of difference between a bulging disc and a herniated disc. People tend to believe that a herniated disc is a bulging disc or a slipped disk. Here, we will describe the difference, but will concentrate more on a bulging disc.

The spine is made up of thirty-three vertebrae, twenty-seven of which are separated from each other by an ‘Intervertebral disc’. The function of the spinal column is to protect the spinal chord – the nerves that connect

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