| SLIPPED DISC | | | | every vertebra in the spine is a cushion of jelly (the |
| 95% of back pain is a result of a slipped disc. The | | | | disc) which acts as a shock absorber and cushions |
| spine consists of 24 bones called vertebrae which sit | | | | each and every step. When the disc bulges |
| on top of one another to form a column. Each | | | | backwards it traps the nerve where it leaves the |
| vertebra has a cylindrical body in front with a | | | | spinal canal and causes pressure and pain. Once the |
| wishbone-like structure sticking out behind forming the | | | | disc is on the move what we do with the spine |
| knobbly bits that can be felt down the backbone. | | | | changes what happens to the disc. Sitting on an easy |
| Cradled within the arms of the wishbone is the spinal | | | | chair like a banana allows it to bulge backwards further |
| cord which carries nerve messages up and down | | | | and cause more pain. See Referred pain, Back pain, |
| from the brain to all parts of the body. In between | | | | Sciatic nerve. |