INJURY UPDATE – Tiger Woods may have a bulging disk. Tiger Wood’s bulging disk (or disc) has been in his neck for 1 month. But what is a bulging disc?

Woods tells press today: “I’ve been playing with a bad neck for about a month… I’ve been playing through it. I can’t play through it anymore…. I might have a bulging disk.”

Save Your Aching Back and Neck: A Patient’s Guide, by Dr. Stewart Eidelson, explains what a bulging disc is:

“Disc disorders are contained or non-contained. A bulging disc is an example of a contained disc disorder. A bulging disc has not broken open; the nucleus pulposus (new-klee-us pul-poe-sis) remains contained within the anulus fibrosus (an-you-lus fye-bro-sis). A bulging disc could be compared to a volcano prior to eruption and may be a precursor to herniation. The disc may protrude into the spinal canal without breaking open. The gel-like interior (nucleus pulposus) does not leak out. The disc remains intact except a small bubble pops out attached to the disc.”

Online here