Orthodontist Salary. According to data from salary.com, the median orthodontist salary in the United States is about $127,000 per annum. The median salary in hourly terms is about $61 per hour. In terms of percentages, the top 10th percentile of the workforce receive an annual wage of about $180,000 or more.
Bulging Disc. A bulging disc is a common condition where one of the one of your intervertebral discs, which cushion the bones in your spine, has weakened and lost its shape. The bulging disc can press against a spinal nerve, causing chronic pain and other symptoms.
A bulging disc and the resulting symptoms can originate in any of three spinal regions that have spinal discs. These regions are the cervical (upper), thoracic (middle) and lumbar (lower) with the nerve roots in each region branching off and traveling to different locations in the body. This means bulging disc symptoms can vary by region of the spine. Here is an overview of how these spinal regions can affect symptoms: Cervical bulging disc. Symptoms of nerve root compression in the cervical spine can include pain, tingling, numbness and weakness in the neck, shoulders, arms, hands and fingers.