Slipped disc treatment in Malaysia comes in many forms, from hospital medication, injections and surgery to physiotherapy, chiropractic, decompression and traditional bone-setting. Which one fits depends on what an examination finds, not on the name over the door. Many people I see have already tried two or three of these routes and want to know which one suits their own disc.

A slip disc treatment is worth starting only when it protects the damaged disc. The plan should also work on the causes the findings document: posture, load, daily habits and the tissues around the disc. Surgery has its place, but I see it as the last option, for when focused conservative care, given properly, has not worked.

Daily habits count on every route. In one volunteer's lower back disc, standing bent forward roughly doubled the pressure of easy standing (Wilke and colleagues, 1999). Below, the routes are compared, followed by what I would check first, the urgent signs, sitting, exercise, home care, fees and common questions.

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Slipped Disc Treatment in Malaysia: Key Takeaways

Question	Short answer
Who should I see first?	Someone who examines the spine and reads the scans before treating it. New numbness around the genitals or anus, new difficulty passing urine, or loss of bladder or bowel control needs urgent medical attention at a hospital emergency department straight away, within hours.
Can a slipped disc be pushed back into place?	No. Discs do not really slip: their fibers weaken or tear, and the soft center pushes outward. Nothing pushes it back, and in my experience a damaged disc never returns fully to how it was.
What should a plan cover?	The disc and the joints, ligaments, muscles and nerves around it, along with posture and daily habits. A plan aimed only at the pain leaves most of the problem where it was.
Does it matter who gives the care?	The method matters most. Twisting, cracking and forceful pulling stay away from a damaged disc whoever offers them, and so does any plan built on a single approach.
Which exercises wait?	Stretches that round the lower back, twisting and deep backward bends wait, and yoga is avoided at every stage. Kegel exercises start at once; buttock squeezes and side-lying leg raises can start early.
How long can I sit?	With back pain, 15 to 20 minutes, then 30 seconds to a minute on your feet. Without back pain, 30 to 40 minutes at a time.
How is progress judged?	By retesting what the first examination measured. No improvement by the fifth session means the plan is reassessed; no change by the tenth means we decide together whether to go on.

Page Guide: Sections at a Glance

• What a Slipped Disc Is and How It Progresses
• The Main Treatment Routes, Compared
• Asking About an Assessment in Kuala Lumpur
• Searching for the Best Slip Disc Treatment? What to Check First
• When a Slipped Disc Needs Hospital Care or Surgery
• Sitting With a Slip Disc: What Pressure Studies Show
• Exercises to Avoid With a Slipped Disc, and Why Stretching Waits
• Home Care Between Visits: Ice, Sleep, Lifting & Sport
• How Care Is Organized at CSC: NSD Therapy®
• Video: Sitting, Sleep & Standing Habits for the Neck and Back
• In-Depth Talk on Spinal Disc Health and Sciatica
• Conditions That Travel With a Slipped Disc
• How Much Does Slipped Disc Treatment Cost at CSC?
• Slipped Disc Treatment FAQ: Questions Patients Ask

What a Slipped Disc Is and How It Progresses

A slipped disc is the everyday name for a damaged spinal disc, not a bone that has popped out of place. In my talk on back pain to leg pain, I admit it: "I loosely use the word slip disc, but in reality, discs don't slip."

Every disc has two parts. The nucleus pulposus is its gel-like center. Around it, the annulus fibrosus, a ring of fibers, joins one vertebra to the next and holds that center in place. Once those fibers tear, the center drifts to the weakest point, which is usually the back of the disc, close to the spinal cord and nerves. The page on the structure of a spinal disc goes further.

In the order I use, the damage moves through these stages, and each has its own guide:

• A degenerating disc: the fibers weaken and the disc loses water and height. Every later stage starts here.
• A true bulge: the fibers have swollen slightly beyond their usual border, and nothing presses on a nerve.
• A protrusion: the center pushes outward without breaking through the outer fibers.
• A prolapse: barely contained, with only a few outer fibers holding the center back.
• A herniation, also called a rupture: the center has broken through and can reach the nerves. The guide to what drives a disc this far covers the causes.
• An extrusion: the center is forced out to the disc's edge, and it needs prompt assessment.
• Fragmentation and sequestration: part of the center breaks off, and in sequestration the whole piece lies free in the spinal canal.

In the lower back, L4-L5 is the most common level, then L5-S1 and L3-L4. That order comes from my Back Pain to Leg Pain talk. In the neck, the levels most often affected are C4-C5, C5-C6 and C6-C7.

A scan alone does not set the plan. I weigh the examination, what the person describes and the images together before I give a view. When the findings point to a disc and there is no MRI, I ask for one rather than guess a final diagnosis.

An existing scan comes to the first visit, and a repeat is worth waiting for only if it would change the plan. The guide to MRI scans and what they show explains the scan itself.

The full slipped disc guide covers causes, stages and symptoms in more depth. The page on what each slip disc symptom suggests reads the signs one by one. The causes behind a slip disk have a page of their own.

Disc damage often comes with wear of the spine's joints, a separate problem explained in how disc damage differs from joint wear (spondylosis). The jaw has a disc too, a different structure, and the page on the disc inside the jaw joint explains it.

The Main Treatment Routes, Compared

These are the routes people in Malaysia are usually offered for a slipped disc. For each, I have set out what it involves and the question I would ask before agreeing to it.

Route	What it involves	What I would ask first
Medication	Painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs or muscle relaxants prescribed by a doctor.	What is the plan for the disc itself while the pain is eased?
Steroid injections	A steroid injected near the irritated nerve by a doctor.	Has focused conservative care been tried first? I do not recommend injections as a first choice.
Surgery	An operation to remove disc material pressing on a nerve, or to stabilize the segment.	Is this one of the cases where surgery cannot wait? If not, what has been tried?
Physiotherapy	Movement, hands-on care, modalities and exercise from a registered physiotherapist.	How will the first weeks protect the disc, and when will exercise start?
Chiropractic	Spinal manipulation from a registered chiropractor. With a damaged disc, I use non-rotatory methods only, first among them chiropractic manipulation that is non-rotatory using the Activator instrument.	Will any method twist or crack my spine?
Decompression and other technology	Spinal decompression on a decompression table, flexion-distraction, high-intensity laser therapy or shockwave therapy.	What is each method for, and how will its effect be measured?
Bone-setting, tit-tar and massage	Traditional hands-on methods, many of them aimed at realigning the spine or loosening the muscles.	Will my spine be twisted, bent or pushed hard? With a damaged disc, it should not be.

No single route covers everything a damaged disc needs. In my plans, chiropractic and physiotherapy work side by side, because no single profession covers a damaged disc. "Don't choose between one or the other. Choose both," I advise in Is Chiropractic Safe? 13 Questions Answered. The full answers on chiropractic safety are on that video's page.

Whatever the route, the method decides whether it is safe for the disc. In my video Sciatica vs Slipped Disc, I say: "It has to be condition based and appropriate conservative care. Ones that don't harm."

Conservative care, as I use the term, means focused care. It is built on what the imaging and the examination document and aimed at those causes. It takes in the whole region and does no harm. Routine back treatment falls short of that, and many forms of it are useless for a damaged disc.

For the chiropractic side, the four chiropractic methods that avoid twisting are described one by one. A closer look at the non-surgical options weighs them against an operation.

Asking About an Assessment in Kuala Lumpur

Both CSC centers are in Kuala Lumpur, and both follow the same plan for a disc. A first visit covers the history, how the spine moves, and the strength, reflexes and feeling in the arms or legs. Any scans should come too, the films or the CD as well as the written reports.

• Bukit Damansara (KL, main center): Call +603 2093 1000 or WhatsApp +60 17 269 1873 to see the Bukit Damansara / KL center.
• Bandar Sri Damansara (KL): Call +603 6262 5777 or WhatsApp +60 12 455 6939 to see the Bandar Sri Damansara center.

Addresses, parking and opening hours for both centers are on one page. Each center also has its own: Bukit Damansara address, hours and phone and Bandar Sri Damansara address, hours and phone. The page on what the first CSC appointment for a disc involves walks through that visit.

Searching for the Best Slip Disc Treatment? What to Check First

No treatment and no center is the best for every slipped disc. What suits one depends on the stage of the damage, its level, the nerves involved and the other conditions found with it. These are the checks I would make before agreeing to any plan, wherever it is offered:

• Registration: a chiropractor should be a Registered T&CM Practitioner (Chiropractic) with the Ministry of Health Malaysia, and a physiotherapist should be registered as one.
• Qualification: what the clinician studied, and where.
• An examination before any treatment, with the images themselves read, not only the report.
• The findings and the plan explained in plain words before care begins.
• Methods suited to a damaged disc: gentle and non-rotatory, with no twisting, cracking or forceful pulling.
• Exercise that waits until the spine is ready, apart from the few that can start early.
• Fees stated and agreed before care begins.
• Progress measured by retesting, with review points set in advance.
• For any method, what studies in people with disc problems have measured, and what they have not.
• A plan to send you on, to a doctor or, for the urgent signs, to a hospital emergency department, whenever the findings call for it.

Before choosing, call or WhatsApp the centers you are considering, describe your problem, and ask each how they would assess it.

When a Slipped Disc Needs Hospital Care or Surgery

Whichever slipped disc treatment you are weighing for back or leg pain, new or worsening numbness around your genitals, between your genitals and anus, or around your anus needs urgent medical attention: a thorough assessment at a hospital emergency department straight away, within hours. New difficulty passing urine needs the same, even if bladder and bowel control remain intact, and so does any loss of that control. These symptoms can have several causes. Some may call for an invasive procedure, but the symptoms alone do not establish that surgery is necessary; assessment helps identify the cause and guide care decisions.

Leg weakness that keeps getting worse should not be ignored. It calls for a careful assessment by a competent provider, and conservative care can continue only while the weakness itself is improving.

Surgery has its place. Of invasive procedures, I say in my video Sciatica vs Slipped Disc: "Not that they shouldn't be done. Yes, they have their place. There are times I cannot help." For a bulge or a herniation, I still see surgery as the last option, kept for when focused conservative care, properly given, has not succeeded.

A few cases are severe from the start. A sequestered disc, where the broken-off piece lies free in the spinal canal, is one, and an infection is another. Partial fragmentation is different. Conservative care remains possible after a thorough assessment, provided none of the urgent signs is present. The care must then be highly focused, precise and given by an experienced clinician.

Sitting With a Slip Disc: What Pressure Studies Show

Slouching is one of the most common causes of slipped discs, as it increases the pressure inside the disc, known as intradiscal pressure. That pressure rises and falls with posture.

Early needle studies by Nachemson and Morris (1964) found intradiscal pressure in sitting higher than standing. Later work by Wilke (1999) found relaxed sitting close to standing. The pressure jumped sharply when the person flexed forward or lifted with a rounded back, or sat hunched over a keyboard, a book or a phone.

Sato (1999) also found load rose with both forward and backward bending, and that a degenerated disc often held less even pressure, not more. The wall then takes the uneven share.

So, slouching or "sitting is bad" is too blunt. A long slump is bad. Standing bent over a sink is bad. Lifting a bag with a rounded back is worse. With back pain, I set the limit at 15 to 20 minutes in the chair, then 30 seconds to a minute on your feet. Without back pain, the limit is 30 to 40 minutes, whatever the chair.

What you are doing	Wilke reading	In plain words
Lying on your front	0.1 MPa	Lowest
Easy standing	0.5 MPa	Baseline
Easy sitting	0.46 MPa	About the same
Sitting bent right over	0.83 MPa	Clearly higher
Standing bent forward	1.1 MPa	About double
Lifting 20 kg with a rounded back	2.3 MPa	About four times

Those numbers are one person’s recordings in Spine and Clinical Biomechanics.

Disc cells have almost no direct blood supply. Glucose and oxygen diffuse in through the endplate (Urban, Smith, and Fairbank, 2004). A long slump does not feed the disc. It makes that job harder.

Rest and sleep work the other way, lowering the pressure so the disc can draw fluid back in. The page on what years of high disc pressure do to the fibers follows the damage further.

Exercises to Avoid With a Slipped Disc, and Why Stretching Waits

Long slumps over a laptop, hamstring stretches that round the lower back, and bending while twisting to lift can all add load to an injured disc. While the disc is irritable, aggressive stretching, twisting and deep backward bends all wait, and so does any manipulation that twists or cracks the lower back.

In my video Sciatica vs Slipped Disc, I give the rule: "Exercising and stretching, in order to be beneficial, has to be condition specific and age appropriate." The chapters of that sciatica and disc video include my psoas and hamstring advice in full.

Hamstring Stretches That Round the Back

A long hamstring stretch often becomes lumbar flexion. The pelvis rolls. The lower back rounds. López-Miñarro and colleagues (2012) measured more lumbar flexion right after static hamstring stretching when the person then bent with straight knees. If the back wall of the disc is injured, this stretch adds load to it.

The same video warns against lying down and hauling the straight leg up. The sciatic nerve runs behind the hamstring, and stretching it that hard can make it flare.

Twisting and Bending Together

Bending and twisting together loads the posterolateral wall. A small twist added to flexion made the disc wall worse at handling pressure (Veres, Robertson, and Broom, 2010). Flexion plus compression can produce prolapse in slightly worn lower lumbar discs (Adams and Hutton, 1982). Pick the bag up square, or do not pick it up yet.

Cobra Pose and McKenzie Press-Ups

Since 2006, CSC has not started a posterior slip disc with cobra pose or classic McKenzie press-ups. Those moves load the back of the segment. Sato found load rose with backward bending as well as forward bending. If a movement sends symptoms farther into the thigh, calf, or foot, it is the wrong direction.

Why Yoga Is Left Out Entirely

Yoga is not a stretch that waits for later. With a slipped disc, it is avoided at every stage. My Back Pain to Leg Pain talk is blunt about it: "If you have this problem, do not do yoga at all."

What Can Start Early

Three exercises do not wait. Kegel exercises, which work the pelvic floor, begin on the first day. Neck and Back Self-Help Tips puts it this way for my patients: they "can start the Kegel exercises right away." Buttock squeezes and leg raises done lying on one side can start early too. The calf stretch returns only after the acute phase, and the rest of the program once the spine is stable.

Home Care Between Visits: Ice, Sleep, Lifting & Sport

Care at the center fills only a small part of the day. In my video Sciatica vs Slipped Disc, I ask: "I see a patient 30 minutes, two hours. What about the other 22 hours?" Between visits, I ask for these habits:

• Stop whatever makes the pain worse. Walk if walking does not increase the neck or back pain and does not send pain, numbness or tingling into an arm or a leg.
• Ice the sore area with a cold pack inside a cloth for 10 to 15 minutes at a stretch, two or three times a day. Set a timer so it is not left on.
• Keep hot packs off the spine. Heat feels good on a sore back, but over a damaged disc it also feeds the inflammation.
• Raise the laptop so your eyes sit just below the top of the screen, and keep to the sitting limits above.
• Avoid bending and twisting, above all together. Slide an object close before lifting it, and leave heavy lifting until the disc allows it.
• With a moderate or severe slipped disc, leave sport and high-impact activity for one to two months.
• Leave swimming laps out for now; walking in water is the gentler choice.
• Sleep for six hours at the least, and for seven to eight without waking where possible. Lie on the right side first, with the pillow holding the spine straight and a bolster between the knees. The left side comes second, and the back, with a bolster under the knees, third.
• Turn down any treatment that twists or cracks the spine, whoever offers it.

The page on which everyday measures make a difference to a disc goes through the home side in more detail.

How Care Is Organized at CSC: NSD Therapy®

Slip disc treatment at CSC follows NSD Therapy®, a method of spine care. It was built so that a disc problem is not treated as generic back pain. The sequence is chiropractic, physiotherapy, and spinal decompression when the assessment says the disc can take a controlled unload. Manual care is non-rotatory. Diversified and Gonstead twisting are not part of this protocol.

Order inside the method: protect the disc, lower the load, restore control, then strengthen. Stretch last. The two professions share each case, as the page on chiropractors and physiotherapists working together explains. The first visit is an NSD Therapy® assessment, not a stretch class.

The disc sits deep, which is why one profession is not enough. Is Chiropractic Safe? 13 Questions Answered gives the depth: the spinal disc "ranges between 6 to 10 centimeters beneath your skin." A manipulation on its own cannot reach that far. So the joints, muscles, ligaments and fascia around the disc are cared for together.

For a moderate or severe slipped disc, I advise sessions on alternate days, or at least three times a week, in the early weeks. Twice a week is possible, but the plan then usually needs more sessions.

I judge progress by repeating the first visit's tests, never by one good or bad day. If the findings have not improved by the fifth session, I reassess the plan. No change by the tenth session means a frank discussion about whether to continue.

How the plan shifts as a disc moves through the stages is laid out in a stage-by-stage plan for Kuala Lumpur patients. Each part of the plan is described in a guide that sets out the five steps in order.

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Video: Sitting, Sleep & Standing Habits for the Neck and Back

Posture, sleep and daily movement habits change how much load the neck and lower back carry through the day, which can matter when a disc is already irritated. In this video, I cover sitting posture and screen height, and sleeping positions with pillow and bolster placement. Standing and walking posture follow, then simple exercises for the shoulders, upper back and core.

The chapters and an edited transcript of this video are on the Neck and Back Self-Help Tips video page.

Key Moments from the Video: Posture, Sleep and Breathing

• 00:00 Why posture matters for neck and back health
• 00:30 How awkward sitting may affect breathing space and abdominal pressure
• 01:17 Sitting posture, work habits, neck strain, and back strain
• 01:35 Slouching, stomach compression, and breathing space
• 02:29 Sitting posture for hips, knees, feet, and screen height
• 03:57 Sleeping positions for neck, back, and comfort
• 04:22 Side sleeping, pillow height, and bolster placement
• 05:28 Standing posture, walking posture, and shoulder position
• 07:29 W-T-L shoulder exercise for rounded shoulders
• 09:37 Dead bug exercise for spine, arms, legs, and core
• 10:22 Core canister breathing and abdominal control
• 12:07 Lifestyle changes for posture, sleep, and movement habits

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In-Depth Talk on Spinal Disc Health and Sciatica

In this recorded talk of about one hour and 48 minutes, I explain how a spinal disc is built and fed, and the stages of disc damage. I also cover how sitting, standing and sleep change the pressure inside a disc, and why sciatica is a symptom rather than a diagnosis. The last part explains why forceful cracking and twisting are avoided when a disc is damaged.

To jump to a part of this talk, see the chapter list on the Back Pain to Leg Pain video page.

Health talks on spinal discs also run at CSC from time to time. They are on hold at present, and the current talk topics are listed on their own page.

Conditions That Travel With a Slipped Disc

A damaged disc is seldom the only problem I find. The joints, ligaments, muscles and nerves around it take the strain, and some of these co-conditions need care of their own:

• Sciatica. In my video Sciatica vs Slipped Disc, I say: "I happen to believe everyone with sciatica will have a spinal disc issue." The guide to leg pain that follows the sciatic nerve covers its first weeks of care.
• Lower back pain. A disc is one source among several. In the statistics I have read, the split is 40 percent disc bulges and herniations and 45 percent joint problems. The back pain page shows how the rest of the lower back is assessed.
• Neck and arm pain. A neck disc can send pain down an arm, as I explain in Bulging Disc vs Herniated Disc. The neck itself is covered in a guide to neck pain care from the first visit onward.
• Pain between the shoulder blades. A neck problem often shows up lower down, in the upper back, and pain that settles between the shoulder blades has its own page.
• Neck stiffness. Most people with a stiff neck have some degenerative change, and seeking help for it is normal, a point I make in Neck Cracks Are Dangerous. The page on a neck that will not turn freely explains the gentle routes.
• Cervical spondylosis. Wear of the neck's joints and discs often comes with a neck disc problem, and the guide to non-invasive care for cervical spondylosis covers it.
• Joint and ligament changes. As a disc loses height, the facet joints behind it carry more load. The ligament inside the canal can also buckle inward and narrow the room for the nerves.
• Muscles and fascia. The muscles of the back, buttock and leg share the disc's nerve supply, so they tighten and form trigger points. Back physiotherapy for the muscles and joints deals with that side.

How Much Does Slipped Disc Treatment Cost at CSC?

From the CSC quotation dated June 25, 2026, the examination is RM100, and a chiropractic adjustment is RM150, or from RM110 when physiotherapy is part of the same visit. Physiotherapy is charged per unit, from RM57 to RM180, or RM27 to RM150 when chiropractic is part of the same visit. Reading an MRI you bring, with a report of findings, is RM50 for one area; a new scan is the imaging provider's charge. The findings, the methods and the number of visits set the total, and the chiropractic fee schedule and physiotherapy unit prices set out each charge. The fee for a plan is explained and agreed before care begins.

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Slipped Disc Treatment FAQ: Questions Patients Ask

What Type of Doctor Should I See for a Slipped Disc?

Start with a clinician who examines the spine and reads the scans before treating it: a medical doctor, a registered physiotherapist or a registered chiropractor. A chiropractor is not a medical doctor, and a spine surgeon's opinion matters once surgery is being weighed. Whoever you see first, the examination should come before any treatment.

Can a Slipped Disc Be Pushed Back Into Place?

No. Nothing I do, and no method I know of, pushes a disc back into place. A plan changes the load on the disc and the state of the tissues around it. The disc itself never returns fully to its original state, and surgery does not restore it either. The years ahead depend on daily habits, maintenance care and the home exercises. The page on what heals in a damaged disc and what stays goes further.

What Is the Fastest Way to Recover From a Slipped Disc?

There is no shortcut I would trust. The quickest start is to stop whatever aggravates the disc and have it examined early, because a damaged disc can worsen quickly or over years. Waiting for the pain to pass is the slow route. My talk on back pain to leg pain has the line I want here: "Pain is not a bad thing. Ignoring pain is bad."

Is Bone-Setting or Tit-Tar Safe for a Slipped Disc?

It depends on the method, not on its name or its tradition. Many bone-setting and tit-tar (跌打) methods aim to realign the spine, and some do it by twisting or pressing hard on the bones. With a damaged disc, any twisting, bending or forceful push can tear the fibers further, whoever gives it, chiropractors and physiotherapists included. Ask before any session whether the spine will be twisted or cracked.

Should I Go to the Hospital for a Slipped Disc?

For the urgent signs, yes, and without delay. New numbness around the genitals or anus, new difficulty passing urine, or loss of bladder or bowel control needs urgent medical attention at a hospital emergency department straight away, within hours. Without those signs, a hospital is one route among several, offering medication, injections, surgery, physiotherapy and scans. Wherever you go, ask what focused conservative care is offered and how progress will be measured.

Will the Treatment Hurt?

It should not. Examination and care both stay inside what you can comfortably tolerate, so mention any discomfort at once, however minor it seems. Discomfort during care means it is being done too aggressively. My motto has always been "No pain, more gain." Is Chiropractic Safe? 13 Questions Answered makes the same point.

How Long Does Care Usually Take?

No one can promise a timeframe. It depends on the disc's stage, any co-conditions, posture, muscle strength, daily habits and how well the advice is kept. Active care ends at what I call MMI, maximum medical improvement: once two or three extra weeks of care stop changing the retested findings. After that, care is as-needed, and the home program carries on.

Do I Need an MRI First?

If the examination points to a disc, yes. I never guess a final diagnosis, so I ask for an MRI. It uses no radiation and shows the disc, the bones, joints, muscles and ligaments, and the space the nerves occupy. X-rays show only bone, so they are kept for questions of alignment or a possible fracture. A full-spine X-ray is for scoliosis; a neck or back complaint needs only the region in question.

How to Read This Guide

I write my positions in the first person, and every quotation names the video or talk it comes from. Each study appears under its first author and year, with a link to its published record in the list below. Nothing here can diagnose a disc. Studies describe groups, while an examination is about one person, so treat this guide as a set of questions to take to an assessment.

References

• Wilke HJ, Neef P, Caimi M, Hoogland T, Claes LE. New in vivo measurements of pressures in the intervertebral disc in daily life. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1999;24(8):755-762.
• Nachemson A, Morris JM. In vivo measurements of intradiscal pressure: discometry, a method for the determination of pressure in the lower lumbar discs. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1964;46:1077-1092.
• Wilke H, Neef P, Hinz B, Seidel H, Claes L. Intradiscal pressure together with anthropometric data: a data set for the validation of models. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2001;16(Suppl 1):S111-S126.
• Sato K, Kikuchi S, Yonezawa T. In vivo intradiscal pressure measurement in healthy individuals and in patients with ongoing back problems. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1999;24(23):2468-2474.
• Urban JP, Smith S, Fairbank JC. Nutrition of the intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2004;29(23):2700-2709.
• López-Miñarro PA, Muyor JM, Belmonte F, Alacid F. Acute effects of hamstring stretching on sagittal spinal curvatures and pelvic tilt. J Hum Kinet. 2012;31:69-78.
• Veres SP, Robertson PA, Broom ND. The influence of torsion on disc herniation when combined with flexion. Eur Spine J. 2010;19(9):1468-1478.
• Adams MA, Hutton WC. Prolapsed intervertebral disc: a hyperflexion injury. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1982;7(3):184-191.

None of these sources evaluated care at Chiropractic Specialty Center; they describe disc pressure, disc injury and stretching in general.

The Author of How to Choose the Best Slipped Disc Treatment in Malaysia

How to Choose the Best Slipped Disc Treatment in Malaysia was written by Yama Zafer, D.C., who has 30+ years in chiropractic and physiotherapy and founded Chiropractic Specialty Center in Kuala Lumpur in 2006.

Last Updated: Slipped Disc Treatment in Malaysia: What I Would Ask First

Slipped Disc Treatment in Malaysia: What I Would Ask First was last reviewed and updated on October 18, 2026.