Lumbar PIVD Treatment

What is Lumbar PIVD Treatment?

Lumbar (intervertebral) disk disease is a frequent source of low back pain. Bulging, protruding, extruding, or sequestered disks can result in lumbar disk disease.

Signs and symptoms of lumbar disk disease include the following:

• Sharp (rather than dull) pain
• Typically, bilateral pain located at the posterior belt line
• Referred pain rather than radicular
• Usually preceded by multiple episodes of less severe low back pain
• Localized to the lower back and gluteal area
• Pain with flexion, rotation, or prolonged sitting or standing
• Pain relieved in a recumbent position
• Pain of sudden onset or gradual onset after injury
• See Clinical Presentation for more detail.