Bulging Disc - Lower Back Treatments That Are Easy and Enjoyable

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Bulging discs are really inter-vertebral plates which have been torn and have bulged into the vertebral column causing friction with the nerves and symptoms of pain in the lower back and upper legs. These conditions are mostly temporary, rarely ever requiring extended medication or surgical operations to cure them. Most of the time the right kind of exercise can help the body clean up the mess in the spinal column.

The purpose of all the exercises for bulging disc treatment is to flush out the substances that are clogging up the nerve canal and irritating the nerves. The majority of these exercises will involve stretching the spine. Here are a few of them:

1. Lying with your back flat on the floor, fold in your knees without raising your feet off the floor, until your pelvis arches upwards and your back completely flattens. Hold in that position while counting to 5. Return to the starting position. Now stretch out the knees by putting pressure on your feet. This should arch the pelvis downwards. Count to five and return to the original positions. Repeat the cycle.


2. With the "bulging" side of your spine facing the room, lean against a wall sideways with your shoulder and upper arm. Then slowly swing the pelvis towards the wall. This squeezes the side of your body with the bulge and helps to remove the clogged material on that side of the spine. The farther away the hip is from the wall, the more squeeze you will be giving it.


3. Get a big ball made of durable plastic and inflate it just enough for you to be able to sit on it. Then gently bounce your buttocks on the ball for 2 minutes. This routine also helps in flushing out harmful debris from within your spine and it affects the entire spine, not just the lower back.

The right kind of exercise can cure you of your bulging disk because nature just needs some help to do that herself.