What Are Herniated Discs and How Physical Therapy Can Help

a PT massaging the back of a male patient

Up to two percent of adults each year experience disc herniations. This may lead to pain, numbness, loss of strength, or even no symptoms at all.    As a physical therapist, I’ve seen both ends of this spectrum: patients in terrible pain from a small herniation, and patients with “scary” MRI findings who had no symptoms […]