Conservative management of acute prolapsed inter-vertebral disc with ayurveda: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Acute prolapsed inter-vertebral disc (IVDP) is a painful condition that requires immediate treatment by conservative or surgical management. Though majority of patients show remission in symptoms with conservative treatment, regression of herniated disc with non-surgical management has been rarely reported. A 46 years old female patient with acute and severe low back pain, disability and radiating pain towards right lower extremity came to our hospital. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score of the patient was 94% indicating bed-ridden condition. MRI of lumbar spine showed diffuse posterior disc bulge between fourth and fifth lumbar vertebra indenting right traversing nerve root and inferior displacement of extruded disc along the body of fifth lumbar vertebra. She was treated according to

SUBMITTER: Deshpande SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9168519 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature