Plaque psoriasis can also develop on the scalp, neck, ears, and just above the buttocks adjacent to the lumbar spine. There may be only a few plaques or there may be a large number of them. The plaques tend to be more than half a centimeter (0.2 inches) in diameter and have very th...
The lumbosacral spine is a section of the backbone that lies around the level of the lower back and hips. Problems with the...
A majority of herniated discs occur between the fourth and fifth lumbar segments of the spine or between the fifth lumbar segment and the first sacral segment. In the latter case, the weak spot in the outer core of the disc is directly underneath the spinal nerve root, and the herniated di...
The lumbar vertebrae are five bones in the lower part of the spine. They're stronger than all the other vertebrae because they...
Cauda equina syndrome occurs when the cauda equina, the mass of nerves below the spinal cord, is disturbed or disabled. This may have several causes, one of which is pressure from a ruptured disc in the lumbar spine. Cauda equine syndrome occurs in only one to fifteen percent of herniated ...
Lifting with your lower back During any heavy compound row, slight movement of torso from the hip joint is ok as long as no postural rigidity is being lost and the lumbar spine isn’t going into flexion. If more than a mild amount of “heaving” and positional change is happening, the ...
The clinical features of trochanteric syndrome can resemble the symptoms of osteoarthritis of the hip or radicular pain. Hip pain is usually caused by lesions of the lower part of lumbar sp...
When the problem is associated with other signs and symptoms like fever, sweats, chills, loss of appetite and others. This is due to the invading microorganism on the vertebral space of the spinal column. 3. Lumbar discitis This presents when the problem is at the lumbar area of the spinal...
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A cerebral spinal fluid test is an analysis performed on the fluid around the brain and spinal cord, typically to diagnose...