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Spine Curvature - Articles
New Test for Scoliosis (Curvature of the Spine) in Kids
by
Dr. Charlotte Thompson
Posted
Sat 14 Aug 2010 6:32am
I have cared for many kids who have to either wear braces or have surgery for scoliosis. When a curvature of the spine is not diagnosed in a child it can lead to serious... a new genetic test that could perdict whether a curvature would become increasingly severe. The test would only be of use I think in adolescent or early onset scoliosis. Many
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How Maintaining your Spine Angles helps to Maintain your Health!
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Nav J.


Posted
Sun 19 Sep 2010 12:00am
downward. This, in turn, changes the lower back angle or curvature.
In the upper back or mid-spine the curvature tends to increase or “ hunch up ” following the forward cervical...
Your spine has a “C” curve in the neck, then the spine changes angles and has a bigger “C” angle going the other way, and then back to a “C” type angle
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Your Colon and Your Spine, Part 1 of 2
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sarahimoore
Posted
Tue 24 Aug 2010 11:35am
that I was loosing the curvature in my spine, which I can believe is a common thing for most people. Posture is poor, we are on computers a lot, when breastfeeding my head is down... believe my spine was with a curvature in the neck when I was born. How did it go bad? well all the above and being a working person that played sports, worked out etc things happen
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SPINE BASICS- for all of us who have chronic back pain
by
ckmiletti

Posted
Sat 18 Dec 2010 11:11am
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Abnormal curvatures of the spine are also referred to as spinal deformity. These types of conditions include kyphosis of the thoracic spine (”hunchback”) and lordosis of the lumbar spine (”swayback”).
Scoliosis is another type of spinal deformity. When viewing the spine from the front or back, scoliosis is a sideways curvature that makes the spine look
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How heavy backpacks strain children’s spines - MRI study
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Dr. John Z.
Posted
Sun 14 Feb 2010 12:00am
how backpacks affect children’s spines.
The results suggest that heavy backpacks cause compression of the spinal disks and increased spinal curvature, both of which... of the spinal discs and spinal curvature caused by typical school backpack loads in children, according to Dr. Timothy Neuschwander of University of California, San Diego, and colleagues
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Neutral Spine
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Mike R.
Posted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 3:56am
curvature in the lower back, or an excessive lordosis. This increased lordosis quite often leads to back pain, as the opposing musculature such as the external obliques and rectus
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Neutral Spine
by
Mike R.
Posted
Fri 12 Dec 2008 2:57pm
curvature in the lower back, or an excessive lordosis. This increased lordosis quite often leads to back pain, as the opposing musculature such as the external obliques and rectus
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