back or spine is one of the most important parts of the body. It protects the spinal cord, provides structural balance on the head, shoulders and chest, and helps to balance and distribute the weight of your body. Your back will also help to stretch, bend, and even more quickly and smoothly turn that one wonders how life would be without this flexibility. But just

this practice with a lot of baggage. Back problems are all too common, sometimes because of your lifestyle, which are sometimes caused by diseases and injuries, and sometimes for other reasons. Treatment options for back pain, ranging from conventional methods of surgical methods. Learn more about treatment options for the poncon . anatomy of the spine / strong> back and neck contain the spine or vertebral column, which is 33 individual bones called vertebrae is made and your descendants skull to your pelvis. Between the vertebrae are discs of cartilage (connective tissue), called discs, which represents the attenuation of the vortex, if you like, or directly exported. The spine can be divided into four regions (top to bottom): at the top seven vertebrae are the neck or cervical <; do p> The next 12 vertebrae, upper back or back The next five vertebrae of the lower back or lumbar The last group of bones at the base of the spine are common in the sacrum and the so-called known

fused lumbar spine (back) is where most of the pain is felt, as it supports the weight of the upper body. types of

If you have back pain, pain in muscles, nerves, bones, spinal joints, discs or other structures the spine or vertebral column arise. Most of return is temporary and can be managed with rest and / or drugs. Your doctor may also prescribe a treatment and back exercises regularly to keep the pain at a distance and your fitness. However, there are cases back pain as severe or chronic and require surgery are invervention. <

spinal OA / strong> One of the reasons for such chronic back pain to long-term arthritis or osteoarthritis of the vertebral spine. It is the breakdown of cartilage mechanical joints between the vertebrae in the back of the spine leads to mechanically induced pain. ignite spinal arthritis, the joints and pain felt in the implementation of the simplest of activities such as standing, sitting or walking. Over time, ie the bone spores small irregular growths on the bone, including osteophytes called, can be formed generally in the joints and spinal vertebrae, which are so large, irritation or compression of nerves caused by spinal structures and lead to spinal stenosis (decreased space for the nerves pass). If the stiffness and pain

the lumbar spine (LS) and sacroiliac joint (between the spine and pelvis) It is like in the lower back or arthritis, lumbosacral arthritis classified. If the stiffness and pain in the upper back, neck, shoulders, arms and head, it is classified as a neck (cervical spine) osteoarthritis or cervical spondylosis. The most common causes of arthritis of the spine are repeated trauma to the spine of repetitive strain injuries caused by accidents, surgery, sports injuries and poor posture caused. Other risk factors include age, gender (more common in postmenopausal women), obesity, genetics and related diseases (such as infections, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, etc..) ; for arthritis cord is the only effective treatment of surgical spinal fusion surgery, the movement to stop the painful joint. In the merger, one or more of the vertebrae of the spine (merged) United with bone grafts, so that motion no longer occurs between them. spinal fusion is used to treat: a fractured (broken) vertebra example eg, scoliosis or kyphosis (spinal curves or failures) pain Some cervical herniated disc (discectomy with fusion)

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