1.   A spinal disk had herniated so profoundly that it had, essentially, exploded, traveling into the spinal canal.

2.   But neck pain can signal more serious problems such as injured spinal disks and tumors.

3.   But they speculated that some chronic low-grade infections could occur when minor injuries to spinal disks let micro-organisms enter.

4.   He suffered a spinal disk injury but has fully recovered.

5.   It may also be confused with degenerative spinal disk disease, a nerve entrapment syndrome or chronic Lyme disease.

6.   New research shows that a genetic abnormality causes a significant proportion of spinal disk disease.

7.   Research has shown that exercise lubricates spinal disks, which helps relieve back pain and reduces the risk of a recurrence.

8.   The diagnosis was a bulging spinal disk, which bothered Barkley throughout the next season and led to the first round of retirement talk.

9.   Two operations have failed to remedy the spinal disk degeneration he suffers, and he has been unable to work since.