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name: herniated-disc
description: Apply the Herniated disc: 70% resorb without surgery and 95% recover at one year article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Herniated disc: 70% resorb without surgery and 95% recover at one year

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/herniated-disc). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/herniated-disc.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/herniated-disc/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

Start with the two numbers that should govern every decision you make about this in the next twelve months. Roughly seven out of ten herniated discs shrink and disappear on their own. A meta-analysis pooled 31 studies covering 2,233 people 

## Representations

- Human: /a/herniated-disc
- JSON: /api/articles/herniated-disc
- Relationships: /api/articles/herniated-disc/topology
- History: /api/articles/herniated-disc/revisions
