Degenerative Disk Disease or DDD is a term used to describe a condition of intervertebral disks when they break down. Disk disease includes herniated disks, bulging disks, slipped disks and other disk related back conditions.

About Back Pain on About - Smoking and Degenerative Disk Disease

Disk conditions and injuries such as degenerative disk disease and herniated disks are among the most common type of problems causing back pain or neck pain. Learn about the different types of disk problems, along with their symptoms and treatments.

The yoga pose called supine spinal twist is a trunk rotation movement. Twisting the spine is not for everyone, especially if you have back pain. In particular, people with degenerative disk disease should be cautious.

Read an explanation of an intervertebral disk.

Total disk replacement is being tried as a replacement for spinal fusion surgery.

Chronic Pain glossary definitions beginning with the letter D, for example, degenerative disk or Dowager's hump.

Spinal Stenosis.

Definition of bulging disks.