The typical lumbar disc injury is characterized by lower back and/or leg pain. While the typical cervical disc injury is characterized by neck pain radiating down the arm. Coughing, sneezing, and straining during bowel movements will usually increase the pain. At times pain can be excruciating and accompanied by muscle spasms.

The most comfortable position for a patient with a lumber disc injury is lying flat on their back with the knees bent.

Most therapies for back pain have proven less than effective. Many people are given useless pain killers or muscle relaxants in an attempt to mask the condition.  Others go through physical therapy in an attempt to adapt the body to an abnormal condition instead of actually correcting the problem. And of course, in the most drastic cases, people have had surgical intervention to remove parts which they can ill afford to lose.  The effectiveness and necessity of such surgery has been severely questioned.

Any individual who has gone these routes knows that in most instances, the problem often worsens, resulting in more and more frequent episodes of pain. Untreated, or treated improperly, these disc injuries can be completely disabling.