The crucial information that no one really knows is when you have a bulging disc, how weak is it? That question is answered when a disc herniated and spills the jelly like contents out of the nucleus. Once that happens, it spreads inflammation that triggers bone growth as the body’s attempt to stabilize the spine and this creates bone spurs. Bone growth is also triggered y uneven pressure on the end plates of the vertebrae. A bulging disc may have some uneven pressure too. It’s like when you sit on a large inflatated therapy ball and tilt you weight in a particular direction. I know when my C5/C6 disc ruptured and all I did to trigger the rupture was turn my head when I was stretching my neck. I heard it pop and my head turned past the prior range of motion. I felt a weird queasy sensation, and it was not painful. From that point forward, bone spurs started growing next to the ruptured disc and it eventually pressed into my spinal cord. If a chiropractor had adjusted my neck, I think my disc would have ruptured my sooner.