Forrest Edwards‚ D.C.‚ D.A.B.C.O. in Hoover is the condition of sciatica. This sudden onset disorder of the spinal column affects as many as 40% of the world at some point in their life‚ and is a leading cause for patients to seek chiropractic assistance. Sciatica is a very uncomfortable condition‚ where the pain caused is not only present in the lower back‚ but will
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slipped disc‚ they are often using a general term for back problems. Many people are unaware that the term ‘slipped disc’ can refer to a range of medical problems; all of which relate to the discs of soft tissue that separate the vertebrae in the spinal column. The spine is made up of 24 vertebrae‚ these vertebrae allow for a variety of movement. Flexion and extention [to bend forwards or backwards] and lateral flexion [side way movement and twisting.]. Constant combinations of the two movements can
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Noemi Jimenez Topic: Scoliosis General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the deformity‚ scoliosis Central idea: Today‚ I would like to share with you what scoliosis is‚ how one gets scoliosis‚ and what are the options one has on preventing scoliosis from getting worse. INTRODUCTION Preview of speech: Scoliosis is a rapidly growing deformity in the United Stated‚ 3 out of 4 children in an elementary school sized classroom have scoliosis and only 1 will
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is to help people move and reposition in the safest possible way. To enable us to do this we need to understand the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Understanding this reduces the risk of harm to you or the person in you care. The spinal columns made up of individual bones and there are joints that connect these together. A ligament connects bones to support joints ◦ Muscles work like levers and this allows bones at a joint to work like a hinge.The fibres they contain contract which makes
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Dry Bones SET 1: The body found behind the old cathedral in Spain is an adult male. That is because a body with a sub pubic angle of less than 90 degrees is a male. This person is an adult because the sutures of his skull have completely fused. This person also had scoliosis because that is what having a lateral curvature to your upper thoracic vertebrae indicates along with having a very small scapular spine on the left side and a very large scapular spine on the right side. The large hole in
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Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery The Spine 3rd Edition Book avaoilable online at low price at Meripustak.com. In the Lippincott Raven series “Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery‚” a new title has emerged-The Spine‚ edited by David Bradford a very well known spinal surgeon. The target group is considered to be fellows‚ residents‚ students and paramedical staff. The aim is to present surgical techniques preferred by master surgeons in each subspeciality of this spe- cialty. As mentioned
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It took me a while to discover a health problem/condition that I have as well as it being persistent through three generations of my family. My father and both of his parents have high blood pressure‚ but mine sits low and a take medication to keep it raised. My mother and my grandmother both have the BCA2 or otherwise known as the Breast Cancer-Associated Gene 2. This encodes a RING-finger ubiquitin E3 ligase‚ which is associated with the estrogen receptor (ER)- a positive status in human breast
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Topic: Piriformis Block for Sciatic Pain Keyword: Back Pain Therapy What is the Sciatic Nerve? The sciatic nerve is the most massive single nerve in the body that bridges the spine and the lower extremities. It is fed by a total of five nerves originating from the spinal cord‚ transcending the length of the lower spine to the buttocks‚ branching out‚ and continuing to the foot. It innervates the skin and muscles of the lower limbs via the tibial and peroneal nerves. It also provides strength to
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The Process of Lowering into a Squat The squat exercise is an excellent way to build strength in the lower body and the lower back. There are many variations of the squat such as the dumbbell squats‚ front squats‚ power squats‚ hack squats and the basic squat. During a proper squat‚ the subject’s feet should be parallel and their back should be straight‚ while going as deep as tolerated without the knees going past the toes. The movements that occur during the lowering portion of the squat are
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Klippel–Feil syndrome is a very rare disease. It was reported for the first time in 1912 by Maurice Klippel and André Feil. It has been characterized by the fusion of any 2 of the 7 cervical vertebrae. The syndrome occurs in a heterogeneous group of patients unified only by the presence of a defect in the formation or segmentation of the spine. Klippel–Feil syndrome can be identified by shortness of the neck. Those with the syndrome have a very low hairline and the ability of the neck to move is
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