Exercises For A Bulging Disc are an incredibly important part of the recovery process for this health problem. In fact, choosing the wrong exercise program or not exercising at all can dramatically affect your results.

This article will discuss some helpful tips regarding back exercises for disc problems, as well as some simple exercises you can do from home to begin the healing process.

Before we get into the specific details about exercises, however, we need to discuss a little background on this problem so the exercise advice makes sense.

The discs of the spine are very unique structures, because their main job is to cushion the spine and act as shock absorbers for the back. Because of this function, they are designed almost like a jelly doughnut – they have a firm outer covering called the annulus, and a soft jelly center called the nucleus.

There is a spinal disc located between each set of bones of the back. When a person develops a herniated disc, the strong outer covering of a disc is injured and the jelly in the center of the disc begins to shift into the weak area, causing the disc to bulge.

This problem can cause quite a bit of pain and disability because the disc will tend to bulge against a spinal nerve, and whatever that nerve controls will begin to develop problems. This is also why the pain from a herniated disc can radiate to different parts of the body besides the back, because the nerve will become aggravated throughout its entire length.

One important thing you need to know before discussing back exercises for disc problems specifically is that the most difficult thing about healing this problem is that the discs of the spine do not receive a lot of blood flow.

The reason this is significant is because each disc of the spine depends on movement for bringing new oxygen and nutrients into the disc for healing. In fact, the jelly in the center of the disc will store oxygen and nutrients, and the only way to refresh that is to physically pump the discs of the spine. This will become important when we discuss one of the exercises I recommend you do.

With that said, let’s begin our discussion of exercises for a back disc. After working with thousands of patients dealing with a herniated disc, I’ve found that there’s actually a very good combination of exercises that help quite a lot.

Click here (back exercises for disc problems) to continue reading this article, where you’ll learn specific exercise instructions for your health problem.