Cervical PIVD Treatment

What is Cervical PIVD Treatment?

The term PIVD /prolapsed intervertebral disc means the protrusion or extrusion of the nucleus pulposus through a rent in the annulus fibrosus.

Causes Of PIVD

• Heavy manual labour
• Repetitive lifting and twisting
• Postural stress
• Obesity
• Poor and inadequate strength from the trunk
• Sitting for long hours
• Increasing age (a disc is much more likely to develop a weakness with increasing age)

Symptoms Of PIVD

Lower Back /Lumbar Herniated Disc Symptoms

• Severe low-back pain
• Pain radiating towards the buttocks, legs, and feet
• Pain compounded with coughing, straining or laughing
• Muscle spasm
• Tingling or numbness in legs or feet
• Muscle weakness or atrophy in later stages
• Loss of bladder or bowel control in the event of cauda equina syndrome.

Some people do not have the signs of PIVD Research studies where routine back scans happen to be done on a many people have shown that many people have a PIVD without any symptoms. It's thought that symptoms mainly occur when the prolapse causes pressure or irritation of the nerve. This does not take place in all cases. Some prolapses might be small, or occur from the nerves and cause minor, or no symptoms.