Herniated disc

The vertebral spine has 24 bones (vertebrae). Between every two bone structures there is a cartilaginous disc which works as a shock absorber and helps the body´s mobility and protection. Some factors like stress, small and big falls, inappropriate posture at work, while performing everyday tasks, sitting down, sleeping, practicing sports and bad eating habits, among others, overload the body and press the discs, causing one or the other to dislocate or to be “misplaced”. This dislocation causes the disc to bulge out towards the nerve or the marrow and it can result in a herniated disc if the situation is not corrected. Even when the discs are herniated, in most of the cases the situation can be controlled, by avoiding its progression, and in some cases, reverted, through changes in the habits that have created the problem in the first place, and through the correction of the cause of the symptoms. Self-medication only “masks” the symptoms, without correcting the problem. Those symptoms should be an alert that something is wrong and that you need to fix the cause of the problem, for the alert to be shut down.

The intention of Chiropractic, a science that provides a quick, safe and effective treatment without medicine or surgery, is to realign the vertebral column (backbone), decompress the discs, remove nerve interferences and return mobility to the column, causing the symptoms to decrease progressively.