Spine Health Awareness- A Brief Overview of Spinal Anatomy |Mehta Spine

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Spine Health Awareness

• The spine is one of the most fascinating
  structures in the human body. It plays a crucial
  role in providing the body, as a stable structure
  while also housing and protecting the important
  nerves that are key to every basic body
  movements.  So, naturally, an injury to the spine
  can result in serious problems that can
  significantly reduce the quality of life and when
  worsened can have a crushing impact on our daily
  functioning.
• In this series of Spinal Health Awareness,
  we aim to provide complete information about
  Spine, its potential problems, disorders, disease
  and treatment options and more. And todays blog
  is dedicated to a simple overview of the Spinal
  Anatomy to give you a basic idea about the
  structure of the spine. Read on

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Spinal Anatomy A Brief Overview

• Human Spine that looks like a straight column
  from the backside is an S-shaped structure with
  three curves that are visible from sideways. The
  three spinal curves are naturally aligned for
  flexibility and even distribution of body
  weight.  Though it is referred to as one single
  column of the spine, it is further divided three
  major segments characterised by the curves,
  namely Cervical Spine, Thoracic Spine  Lumbar
  Spine.

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Spine A Collection of Bones, Nerves Ligaments

• This spinal column is a bony case that is made up
  of 24 small individual bones called vertebrae
  that are stacked up on top of each other. A
  gel-like disc acts as a cushion between these
  bones to absorb pressure and avoid them rubbing
  against one another. These vertebrae are held in
  place by other connective tissues called
  ligaments (connects bone to bone) and tendons
  (connects bone to muscle). And the facet joints
  link these vertebrae together to enable
  flexibility for physical movements.

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Spinal Segment

• All the vertebrae are numbered for classification
  and easy identification. A Cervical spine is a
  spinal segment that consists top 7 vertebrae from
  the neck (C1 to C7), Thoracic Spine are made up
  of next 12 vertebrae (T1 to T12) and lowest 5
  vertebrae (Li to L5) is classified under Lumbar
  Spine. The total spinal column is hallow canal
  through which the spinal cord runs through,
  carrying a bundle of nerves. As the spinal cord
  runs through the canal, each nerve endings depart
  out of the column to their respective
  destinations to perform their functions.

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Congenital spine conditions
Give the intricate build of the spinal column and
versatile function of the spinal cord, any
injury, disease or desired to any element of this
spinal structure can cause a domino effect
severely impacting other functions of the
body. Congenital spine conditions, spinal
diseases disorders, injuries or even
degeneration due to common ageing cause problems
to the spine and it is no wonder to know that
everyone suffers from back pain at some point or
other. While some spinal problems are easily
treated and solved by orthopaedic spine
specialist in UK, few spinal disorders
like Scoliosis need diligent and careful
treatment at the earliest to be successfully
treated. If you are looking for an expert
paediatric spine specialist in the UK, you can
contact Children and Adult Spinal Surgeon Mr
Jwalant S. Mehta here https//www.mehtaspine.co.u
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Contact us

• Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
• BMI The Priory Hospital
• Spire Parkway Hospital
• Bromsgrove Private Clinic

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Contact and Connect

• Clinical secretary Samantha Leavy 44 785 021
  1939
• Medico-legal secretary Jan Clarke 44 121
  4508928
• Spire Parkway Hospital 0121 704 5500
• BMI NEC (National Enquiry Centre) 0808 101 0337
• BMI Priory 0121 446 1638
• Email info_at_mehtaspine.co.uk
• The appointments are booked through the clinic