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You’re not going to “get rid” of the herniated disc on your own—I just need to let you know that.  The only way to permanently get rid of a herniated disc is surgery, but that’s generally a last resort option to relieve your pain and other symptoms.  It’s a low percentage of herniated disc patients who need surgery; I’d say around 1-2%.  For the other 98-99%, non-surgical treatments are very effective for herniated or bulging discs.

For my patients, the first thing I recommend is...
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Think of your nerves like a garden hose:  when you bend a hose, water has trouble getting through.  So when a nerve gets pinched, do messages to your brain, muscles, and skin have trouble getting through?

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