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Lumbar disc herniation happens when the cushion between two spinal bones bulges or tears, pressing on nearby nerves and causing back pain, leg pain, numbness, and disability. Hernicore (condoliase) is a bacterial enzyme injected once into the disc, where it breaks down chondroitin sulfate, the gel-like material that gives the disc's soft center its bulk. Softening that core may lower pressure on the pinched nerve root and could ease radicular leg pain without surgery.