Lumbar radiculopathy is manifested by a combination of symptoms, including neuropathic pain in the back and lower limb, generated in the lumbar spinal roots.
Sciatica is pain that spreads along the sciatic nerve. Sciatica is usually caused by compression of the nerve roots of the lumbar spine. The most common causes are disc pathology, osteophytes, narrowing of the spinal canal (stenosis of the spinal canal).
Ankylosing spondylitis is a systemic disease characterized by inflammation of the axial skeleton and large peripheral joints, nocturnal back pain, stiffness of the back, increased kyphosis, constitutional symptoms and anterior uveitis.
Spondylolisthesis is a subluxation of the lumbar vertebrae, which usually occurs in adolescents. It often occurs when there is a congenital intraarticular defect (spondylolysis).
One of the most difficult problems in assessing congenital deformities of the spine is the prediction of their course, and consequently - the determination of the timing and indications for surgical intervention.
Despite the etiological differences in the genesis of degenerative (involutive, associated with aging) and dystrophic (metabolic) lesions of the musculoskeletal system, the traits peculiar to each of these processes are not clearly visible in the clinical and radiological picture of the disease to date.
Not everyone has a beautiful royal posture. In our time, when the sedentary lifestyle is becoming more common, every second has a violation of posture. Below are the most common violations of posture in humans.
Scoliosis - persistent curvature of the spine, in which its position is significantly different from normal. Specialists distinguish several types of scoliosis: C-shaped, when the spine has one bend to the side, S-shaped, if the spine has two bends in and Z-shaped, which is the most rare and has three or more bends in different directions.
Hernia Schmorl's spinal cord or Schmorl's cartilaginous nodule is an x-ray concept, it was first described by a German scientist, physician Christian Schmorl.
Displacement of the thoracic vertebra or spondylolisthesis is a disease of the spine, when the vertebrae are displaced forward or backward with respect to other vertebrae, the vertebra may then shift forward or backward.