- Anatomy of The Spine
- Back Pain in Children
- Caring for your Spine
- Emerging Spinecare Trends
- Evaluation of Spinal Disorders
- Exercise and The Spine
- Intervention - Spinal Disorders
- Intervertebral Disc
- Non Surgical Options
- Nutrition and Spinecare
- Options for Spine Treatments
- Pregnancy and Back Pain
- Prevalence of Spine Disorders
- Sleep and the Spine
- Spinecare Introduction
- Spinehealth and Disease
- Surgical Interventions
- Treatment with Medications
- Understanding Back Pain
Signs and Symptoms
The most common use of
the term refers to a loss of muscle volume which occurs due to a reduction in
the size and/or number of muscle fibers. The most common causes include atrophy
secondary to disuse of the muscle, compromise of nerve fibers which go to
(innervate) the muscle, or due to a disease process within the muscle. Muscle
atrophy is associated with a loss of muscle performance and strength. Weakness
associated with mild atrophy may be obvious and may only manifest as exertion
induced weakness (muscle fatique). Spinal nerve damage can result in muscel
atrophy of select muscles of the torso or extremities. Chronic back pain can lead to disuse and atrophy
of deep spinal muscles. This can further result in abnormal spinal segment
movement.
