Many people assume pain or injury means complete rest. Experts say that is not always the best approach. Dr Kas joined BBC ...

Few injuries are as suddenly and thoroughly debilitating as a herniated disc. If you've experienced one, you know how quickly you can go from feeling completely normal to all at once having trouble ...

A bulging disc in your lower back is most often caused by naturally occurring changes as you age. Most bulging discs don’t cause symptoms, but they may progress to become herniated discs. Lower back ...

Spinal discs work like shock absorbers in your back, absorbing the impact from your daily activity. They can wear out as you get older, which in some people causes only mild discomfort, but seriously ...

I recently wrote a story about disc golf without having actually played it. It ran in this space on New Year’s Day, offering a way to tackle that old New Year’s resolution of getting in shape.

Adele revealed that she’s lived with chronic back pain, including injuries like two separate slipped discs, for half of her life. “I was in bed and I sneezed and my fifth one flew out,” the ...

Even if you don’t know exactly what a herniated disc is, it just sounds like something you’d want to avoid. That makes perfect sense, because this health issue can be pretty freaking painful—but in a ...

The disks in your spine, called intervertebral disks, are thin, oblong structures that serve as cushions between the bones of your back (vertebrae). Each disk is made of a soft gel core surrounded by ...