Say Goodbye to Back Pain

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SAY GOODBYE TO BACK PAIN (^) (^) (^) (^) RANJAN VENKATESAN MD, FRCOG, MBA ...

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PREFACE Back pain is one of the most common disorders affecting half the population of the world at any point in time. It is amo ...

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Contents PREFACE PROLOGUE Some Facts and Figures Spine – Structure and Function The muscles of the spine Mechanical causes of b ...

PROLOGUE HI! Welcome to one of the commonest health problems on earth. At my age (and I have batted for a good many decades now) ...

The very fact that you are reading this book is proof enough that you are not satisfied with the truckloads of information on ba ...

Some Facts and Figures Every year, nearly 50% of the adult population worldwide will experience at least one episode of back pai ...

 Women are more likely than men to reduce their activity due to back pain. Investigations The introduction of modern diagnostic ...

Treatments Since there is, very rarely, a definitive diagnosis for anyone complaining of severe low back pain, a plethora of the ...

since I started practicing all that I have written in this book. Ever since I found out exactly what to do for my back-pain I ha ...

Spine – Structure and Function My friend announced one day that his doctor had diagnosed his (my friend’s) condition as cervical ...

The vertebral column Vertebral groups The vertebrae are stacked on top of each other. They are grouped into five regions:  ^ 7 ...

Shape of the Spinal Column When looking at the spinal column from behind, it should be perfectly straight. When looking at the s ...

The spine thus has four natural curves. Two are lordotic – bending backwards – and two are kyphotic – bending forwards. The cerv ...

A typical vertebra Lamina – a thin semi-circle like arch of bone between the transverse and spinous processes Spinal canal – th ...

Facet joint (side view) Try to feel your spine with your fingers. You will feel knobbly bits all the way down your back. These a ...

vertebrae are attached to muscles by tendons. Tendons attach muscle to bone. Ligaments and tendons are fibrous connective tissue ...

Intervertebral Discs Between two vertebrae lies a gel-like cushion called an intervertebral disc. When you walk, or run, the dis ...