- 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
Spinecare Topics
Spinal Column
The
adult human spine is a column comprised of 24 bones, referred to as vertebrae. With
the addition of the sacrum and coccyx the spine contains 26 bones. The vertebrae
of the spinal column can be divided into three primary groups.
The first group is referred to as cervical
spine comprised of 7 vertebrae. The
second group is referred to as the thoracic spine comprised of 12 vertebrae,
the third group is referred to as the lumbar spine and is comprised of 5
vertebrae.
The sacrum, the base of the spine, consists of 5 fused spinal
segments. The sacrum attaches to the
iliac bones on the right as well as the left joining together to form the
pelvis. Below the level of the sacrum,
there are 3-5 fused or partially mobile segments, which form the coccyx (“tailbone�).
