Treatment of Intervertebral Disc Herniation With 
Manipulation 

“Manipulation.  Some orthopaedic surgeons practice manipulation in an effort at repositioning the disc.  This treatment is regarded as controversial and a form of quackery by many men.  However, the author has attempted the maneuver in patients who did not respond to bed rest and were regarded as candidates for surgery.  Occasionally, the results was dramatic. 

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A Patient’s Guide to Lumbar Disc Herniation

Introduction
Although people often refer to a disc herniation as a “slipped disc”, the disc doesn’t actually slip out of place. Rather, the term herniation means that the material at the center of the disc has squeezed out of its normal space. This condition mainly affects people between 30 and [...]