What are Disc Herniations?
Your spine is made of a series bones called vertebrae stacked on top of each other with a rubbery disc in between. The disc is like a shock absorber. The spine has a canal in the back where the spinal cord runs and the nerves come out either side. The nerves and spinal cord are like the wires of the internet or phone system. The discs are made of two components: a soft jelly like center (called nucleus pulposus) surrounded by an elastic ring of cartilage (called annulus fibrosus). There are many layers of rings in the annulus fibrosus organized in a criss cross fashion.
A disc protusion occurs, when the several layers of rings in the cartilage breakdown or tear and the soft jelly like center bulges out beyond the edge. But it doesn’t break all the way through. An extrusion is when the soft jelly like center or annulus pulposus breaks through all the rings of cartilage and protrudes out into the area where the nerves and spinal cord are located. Then you have a sequestration. This is where the disc material breaks free and floats the nerve roots and spinal cord. […]
nervous system control everything in the body. The brain is like a supercomputer and spinal cord and nerves are like the wires of the internet. Anytime there is any sort of interference on the nervous system, you can have decreased health. Chiropractors “push” on the bones of the spine and muscles to relieve nerve pressure.