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The following is a list of all entries from the Spine category.

Fifty-two percent reported reduced pain in the first week

Filed in Spine, April 22, 2009, 9:57 am ,

Fifty-two percent reported reduced pain in the first week. Once the subjects had used the booklet for nine months, 87 percent were still regularly using the exercises in the booklet and 91 percent were still focusing on good posture.
Most important, at nine months, 82 percent had less back pain and 60 percent were completely free [...]

Lifting

Filed in Spine, April 13, 2009, 12:59 pm ,

Lifting an object with your back rounded raises the pressure in your discs to a much higher level than if you were to lift the same object with your body upright and with your lordosis present. Research has borne this out.

The cervical spine.

Filed in Spine, March 19, 2009, 8:40 pm ,

The technical name for the series of vertebrae in the neck is the cervical spine. As you will recall from Chapter 2, the spine consists of 33 bones called vertebrae. The top seven are the cervical vertebrae. These rest upon one another like a stack of spools. Each vertebra has a solid part in [...]

Spinal pain

Filed in Spine, March 18, 2009, 6:54 pm ,

Spinal pain of postural origin would not occur if this basic education were given to individuals at an early age. Ask any 12-year-old child if he or she has been shown at school how to stand correctly or how to sit correctly. Chances are that the child will tell you that he or she has [...]

Muscle strain as the cause of neck pain

Filed in Spine, February 9, 2009, 7:35 am ,

Many people think back and neck pain is caused by muscle strain. Occasionally this is the case. Muscles can indeed be overstretched or injured. But this requires a considerable amount of force and does not happen often. Moreover, muscles usually heal very rapidly and seldom cause pain lasting for more than a week or two.

Osteoporosis

Filed in Back, Spine, January 20, 2009, 1:22 pm ,

From middle age on, many women are affected by a disorder called osteoporosis. This is essentially a mineral-deficiency disorder. During and after menopause there is a significant and continuing deficiency in calcium replacement. As a result, many women must take calcium tablets on a regular basis. Because of calcium deficiency, there is a weakening of [...]

Cervical spine functions

Filed in Spine, January 15, 2009, 2:15 am , , , ,

On top of our complex of bones and “washers” rests the head. The head contains our computer system, better known as the brain, as well as important sensors associated with it such as the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. The vertebrae, the discs, and the head form a series of flexible joints that allow the [...]