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Lower back or, lumbar spinal injuries occur everyday. The severity and recovery of lower back injuries depend on the category of trauma, either low or high energy and the individual. Low energy injuries include falls and illnesses which cause deterioration over time. High energy injuries include high speed car accidents and industrial accidents. Individual health is also a consideration, a patient which has osteoporosis will have a different treatment plan and outlook than a younger individual with strong healthy bones. Injuries are then divided by the part of the lower back which is injured. The parts of the spinal cord in the lower back are numbered L1 at the top to L5 at the bottom of the spinal cord. Assessments are done of the functions around the spinal cord including discs, ligaments and muscles to determine extent of the injury. More often than not, injuries involving the spinal cord itself and discs will necessitate surgery to take undue pressure off of the spinal cord, align the cord correctly or to stabilize the injured area.
Surgical techniques to stabilize the spinal cord include spinal fusion and XLIF procedure. Spinal fusion bonds the bones together, many times using a bone graft, to permanently connect the vertebrae and stopping motion between the two or more vertebrae. It’s a safe procedure, which alleviates pain from chronic lower back pain, herniated disc, spinal cord disorders and broken vertebrae. Continue reading
One of the major threats jeopardizing our society today is the problem of back pain. The dragon of back pain has spread its vicious tentacles into every strata of the society irrespective of financial background, caste, color, and creed. We try every means right
from exercising, to medication to following various kinds of diets, massages etc to get rid of this pain. Earlier there was a concept that back pain cannot be eradicated or annihilated with ease, but now, spine surgeries are the most optimized solution for back pain. Houston spine center is a best choice for these treatments, especially for minimally invasive spine surgery. With this revolution in spine surgery, people are able to break free from the shackles of back pain, owing to the highly advanced minimally invasive surgery.
We tend to think that it is just a pain in the back and don’t go for the surgery which proves to be intolerable in the long run. Postponing the surgery just increases your pain and decreases your life quality. Back pain takes away most of the pleasurable things in your life like playing your favorite sport or playing with your kid who is the apple of your eye. Houston spine center, with its advanced minimally invasive spine surgery solutions, helps you to be back in all the pleasures that you thought you had lost forever, Continue reading
