- 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
Caring for your Spine
Spinal Exercises
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Spinal Exercises
Absolute and Relative Contraindications for Exercise:
There are few contraindications to exercise that spine physicians should recognize. All spinecare patients should wait to begin an exercise program until they are medically cleared relative to their spine condition. With more complex involvement, they should be cleared by a spine specialist. Potential contraindications to beginning an aggressive exercise program for the individual with a spine disorder includes:
General contraindications to beginning an exercise program without intensive medical supervision include:
There are few contraindications to exercise that spine physicians should recognize. All spinecare patients should wait to begin an exercise program until they are medically cleared relative to their spine condition. With more complex involvement, they should be cleared by a spine specialist. Potential contraindications to beginning an aggressive exercise program for the individual with a spine disorder includes:
- Spinal instability.
- Clinically significant spinal cord compression.
- Risk for spinal cord injury.
- Risk for spontaneous fracture.
- Risk for progressive spinal nerve compromise.
General contraindications to beginning an exercise program without intensive medical supervision include:
- Recent myocardial infarction.
- Unstable angina pectoris.
- Severe aortic stenosis.
- Congestive heart failure.
- Uncontrolled heart arrhythmia (irregular beats).
- Uncontrolled diabetes.
- Severe diabetic complications.
- Uncontrolled hypertension.
- Peripheral arterial disease.
- Uncontrolled blood clotting disorder.
- Post-operative status.
- Severe osteoporosis.
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