Okereke (back) was given a recovery timeline of 4-6 weeks after sustaining a herniated disc, Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reports. Okereke has been out of action since he picked up the ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health & Wellness column, explains what you need to know when dealing with back pain, ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A pinched nerve in the lower back occurs when excessive pressure is applied to a ...

Also known as radicular back pain, this condition is typically caused by compression, inflammation, or injury to a spinal nerve root. A herniated disc, spinal stenosis, and degenerative disc ...

So, she saw Dr Loo Wee Lim, then a consultant spine surgeon at Changi General Hospital. Ms Ng was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease after a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.