1.   Also this week, Phillies backup catcher Mark Parent will be examined to determine whether surgery is needed on two bulging discs in his back.

2.   An MRI showed Stevens has a bulging disc, which Kvitne said was not unusual nor serious.

3.   A bulging disc has hampered him.

4.   After last year, he was to have surgery to correct a bulging disc.

5.   Both the new procedure and conventional surgery relieve the shooting leg pain from pinched nerve roots caused by a bulging disc.

6.   Carrington suffers from a bulging disc resulting from a fender-bender with a city car.

7.   Cincinnati Reds left-hander Kent Mercker probably will miss his next start because of a bulging disc in his lower back, the team said.

8.   Doctors diagnosed Martin last year with a bulging disc.

9.   Doocy is riding for the first time since he underwent surgery for a bulging disc after the start of the season this year at Oaklawn.

10.   Gibbons, who was academically ineligible last season, suffered from a bulging disc that flared up in the week of practice leading up to the Michigan game.