The treatment was a series of epidural blocks which did releive my pain. I had an MRI done which shows I now have a Herniated Disk in L5S1. I am only 31 years old, I enjoy many sports and activities.
Herniated disc is a general terms.
A sequested disc is so called since parts of the disc material completely detaches from the disc and is free floating in the spinal canal. The type of disc herniation does not necessarily correlates to the sererity of symptoms. However, intuitively, a bulging disc should be less symptomatic than a sequestered disc. What important is the degree of symptoms and any neurologic deficits due to the compression on the spinal cord and the spinal roots. One can still carry out a meaningful life with a baseline manageble pain level.