Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Friday that an MRI showed that Matz has a "protruding disc" in his lower back, John Denton of MLB.com reports. Matz was placed on the 15-day IL on Friday after ...

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Matz (back) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Memphis on Thursday, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Recovering from a protruding disc in his lower back, Matz was ...

Symptomatic herniation (prolapse) of a lumbar intravertebral disc is a common cause of chronic low back pain and sciatica. Disc herniation is a result of the protrusion of the nucleus pulposus through ...

2.1 Indications and current treatments 2.1.1 Symptomatic degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine occurs when the intervertebral discs supporting the vertebrae lose their elasticity. This can ...

The irritation is often a protruding back disc that impinges on the nerve. The irritation causes pain, and the pain is often felt the whole length of the nerve. It has some unique attributes.

Spine-health notes sacroiliac joint dysfunction specifically causes lower back and/or leg pain. It's estimates that the sacroiliac joint is responsible for up to 30 percent of lower back pain cases.