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The Big Back Lie: Your Bulging Disc is Not Causing Your Back Pain

By: WOD Father Published on: 24/11/2024

Yes, you have a bulging disc but that is not why you have back pain. Known triggers for back pain include prolonged sitting, stress and inflammation associated with poor diet, stress, sedentarism and lack of sleep. Where will you feel this inflammation first? Wherever a bulging disc protrudes from the spine and presses on a nerve. But, as the studies show, a disc bulge is not required to experience back pain.

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