Inclusion Criteria:  Patients diagnosed as having symptomatic lumbar disc prolapse based on the following:  Clinical evidence of disc pulge in the form of disc related radicular pain of >3 months duration with failed conservative treatment (i.e. physical therapy and multiple medications) and unwillingness to pursue surgical option. Radiological demonstration of posterolateral lumbar disc pulge by MRI or CT lumbosacral Age range is between 30-80 years  Exclusion Criteria:  The following patients will be excluded from the study:  Patients with spinal deformities Patients with a previous history of spinal trauma Patients with radiological evidence of any inflammatory or neoplastic lesion affecting the spinal cord or vertebral column Patients with severe lumbar disc herniation causing lower limb weakness or sphincteric troubles Patients with contraindications to interventions (coagulopathy or sepsis) Patients with contraindications for MRI examination (e.g., metallic implants such as pacemakers, surgical aneurysm clips, or known metal fragments embedded in the body). Pregnant