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Spine Anatomy.Understand your Spine Anatomy so that you can understand the best approach to the treatment of your back pain.Explaining the anatomy of the spine can be simple or difficult. I'm opting to make it as simple as possible - so here goes!! You may be suffering from a herniated disc, a condition such as spinal stenosis or may even be considering back surgery - or perhaps you just wish to gain some back pain relief. Having a basic understanding of the anatomy of your spine is essential to help you to either manage or cure your back pain. We tend to think of our spines as a collection of interlinked bones - but there is a lot more to it than that. Here I will go through the parts that make up the spinal system: The Discs, nerves, bones, ligaments and muscles.  There are five major spine areas:
 Each vertebra in your spine is a bone made up of:
Between each vertebral body lies a disc which acts as a cushion between the bones. Surrounding each vertebra are many ligaments, nerves, muscles and blood vessels. It is the close-packed nature of each spinal segment that influences the severity of the symptoms that you can experience if any of the above structures is damaged or moved from its location. A common example would be when a disc oozes a tiny distance from its centre. This can result in raging sciatic pain down your leg. This pain is transmitted by the nerves that are situated close to the disc. When I seen clients in my own physiotherapy clinic, we work on isolating which of the following spinal anatomy structures are commonly fault with the presented back and neck pain:
Although each has individual functions - and pain presentations - you may frequently experience symptoms of more than one structure due their close proximity to each other and interrelated function. Sourcing the primary cause of your pain is the main focus, as treatment is required primarily to the structure at fault. Correct diagnosis is essential, to ensure a speedy recovery. When the structures in your back become faulty or painful the result is that you often hold yourself and move in an altered fashion. While you may start with good posture, this inevitably leads to poor postural habits which over time may result in further back or neck dysfunction. So, the anatomical alignment of your spine is crucial to your overall posture and movement patterns. However, it is also important to say that each person’s spinal anatomy may be different in small ways and that sometimes you can be born with a slight anomaly in your spinal anatomy that may not be reversed but with good advice and back strengthening exercises should not cause you too much trouble after a while. In summary, seek to understand the make-up of your back and neck. This will help greatly in the overall management of your back pain and neck pain. Back from Spine Anatomy to Back Pain Relief Homepage. |
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The information on this web site does not replace specific medical advice. It should only be used to complement advice from your doctor. Always seek in-person advice from a doctor or other qualified health provider for your particular condition.
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