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How many vertebrae are there?
Location and # - correct answer ✔✔Cervical-7
Thoratic-12
Lumbar-5
Sacral-5
Coccyx
Label one spinal bone - correct answer ✔✔Transverse process
spinous process
Facet jints
Lamina
Neral arch
Vertabrea body
Ligaments - correct answer ✔✔Anterior and posterior longitudinal lig
Ligamenta Flava
Interspinous Lig
Supraspinous lig
Erector Spinea - correct answer ✔✔Function flexion extension
Lateral flexion
Rotation
,Transverseospinalis muscle - correct answer ✔✔stabilizer muscles
Back injuries - correct answer ✔✔causes; trauma, Congential predisposition, mechanical factor,
Effects; Pain, tenderness, spasms, restricted ROM
Neurologic SSx
Radiating pain, scratch, weakness, numbness, absent
Back strains and sprains - correct answer ✔✔Common (twisting, lifting)
Recurrence is common
ssx
Pain, tenderness, Resticted ROM, Increased warmth
If any neurological ssx, assume fracture or dislocation ( go to hospital immediately)
Treatment for strains and spains in the back - correct answer ✔✔Rest supine 2 days max
NSAID
cold therapy
heat therapy
physiotherapy
Intervertebral disc disease - correct answer ✔✔Mechanisms;
Strains or sprains
, herniation of nucleus pulpous
Compression of nerve roots or spina cord
Effects;
instablility
osteoarthritis
SSx same as strain or sprains
Tx
Conservative if possible
Surgical
Management of back injuries - correct answer ✔✔Key is balance
-functional capacity
-realistic goals
Main stays
- Time
- Cold, Heat, NSAID, Braces
-Physiotherapy, massage therapy
- Change in job or sport
Stinger or Burner - correct answer ✔✔Stretches brachial Plexus Neuroplaxia
Hx
Stretching or breaking