Many patients with back pain, leg pain, or weakness of the lower extremity muscles are diagnosed with a herniated disc. When a disc herniation occurs, the cushion that sits between the spinal vertebra is pushed outside its normal position. A herniated disc would not be a problem if it weren’t for the spinal nerves that are very close to the edge of these spinal discs.
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There are two types of kyphosis , which can appear both at children and adults:
1. Postural kyphosis-caused by improper posture and this can be corrected by modifying the patient’s lifestyle.
2. Structural kyphosis -determined by a modification of the anatomy, requiring medical or surgical treatment.
Some patients are born with a second type of kyphosis – congenital kyphosis. This is caused by abnormalities of the spine right from the birth -cifoza Scheuermann-when the front of the spine does not grow as fast as the posterioara one leading to a round look of the back. Children begin to develop the disease between 12-15 years, when the bones are developing.
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There are several methods of treatment recommended by doctors, depending on the particularities of each case: igienopostural treatment, drug therapy, physical and spa, it follows the control muscle contraction, pain relief, prevent relapses and complications
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Lumbago is a spine disease, manifested by violent lumbar pain due to paravertebral muscle contracture, caused by effort, cold, wet / cold, stiff muscles, deficient position, prolonged standing state and physical trauma spine. A lumbago disease points in most cases to affection at the intervertebral disks that compress the nerves in medullary canal. The patient can not straight his body, becomes immobile, hardly moving, can not bend down to lift an object or to wrap his shoes and can not remain long standing; lifting or settlement in bed is painful.
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