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Back Disc Exercises are a very important part of the recovery process for this health problem. In fact, choosing the wrong exercise regimen or not exercising at all can dramatically affect your outcome.

This article will cover some helpful recommendations in regards to exercises for bulging discs, as well as some simple exercises you can do from home to start the healing process.

Before we get into the specific details about exercises, however, we need to cover a little background on this condition 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 spine. Because of this function, they are designed almost like a jelly doughnut – they have a strong outer covering called the annulus, and a soft jelly center called the nucleus.

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

This condition can result in quite a bit of pain and dysfunction because the disc will tend to bulge against a nerve in the spine, and whatever that nerve controls will start to develop problems. This is also why the pain from a herniated disc can travel to different parts of the body besides the back, because the nerve will become inflamed throughout its entire length.

One significant thing you need to understand before discussing exercises for bulging discs specifically is that the most difficult thing about healing this condition is that the discs of the spine do not receive a lot of blood flow.

The reason this is significant is because each spinal disc 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 replenish that is to physically pump the discs of the spine. This will become significant when we discuss one of the exercises I recommend you do.

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

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