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Bulging Disc Symptoms of the Back
Bulging disc symptoms in your back include chronic lower back pain, shooting pain that travels down one or both legs, numbness or tingling in your legs or feet, muscle weakness, and difficulty standing or walking for prolonged periods. You might also feel a burning sensation along the path of the affected nerve or experience muscle spasms in your lower back
What Neck Injury Causes Arm Pain?
A neck injury causes arm pain when a herniated disk or bulging disc in your cervical spine presses on the nerves that run down into your shoulders, arms, and hands. The most common culprit is cervical radiculopathy, which happens when nerve roots in your neck get compressed or irritated. You might also hear doctors call this a pinched nerve. When you have a herniated disk in your neck from an accident, the pain does not stay in one place. It travels along the nerve pathway down your shoulder, through your arm, and sometimes all the way to your fingers. You might also feel numbness, tingling, or weakness that makes it hard to grip things or lift your arm
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