- 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
Spine - Health and Disease
The Healing Spine
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The Healing Spine
The myosatilite cell is a myogenic stem cell that is located in the muscle fiber. This cell becomes activated during the repair process. This specialized cell helps form new myotubules and the contractile elements of muscle. During the later stages of muscle repair nerve endings penetrate through membranes and connect with the new muscle fibers to form a functional connection. Muscles that lose continuity secondary to trauma will heal through budding, which refers the development of outgrowths. The most common causes of muscle injuries include exercise-induced injury, muscle strains, muscle contusions (bruises) and ischemia injury (lack of blood supply) and denervation (loss of nerve supply to the muscle).
Exercise induced injuries are typically associated with relatively minor reversible structural damage and subsequent complete repair usually follows. Muscle strain injuries often involve a partial or complete tear at the junction where the muscle and tendons connects. Post-traumatic scar may develop as a result of the tear. Muscle contusions characteristically heal with most muscle regeneration and with some scar formation. Ischemic muscle injuries often heal well as long as an adequate blood supply is reintroduced quickly and the muscle fibers are not physical disrupted. Prolonged reduction of blood supply to muscle fibers will result in a loss of fiber integrity, cellular death and scar formation.
Spinal Cord Repair
One of the most exciting areas in the field of medicine is the area of nervous system repair and recovery. One of the more common areas of research in this field is the study of the repair of traumatic injuries to the spinal cord. Significant progress is being made although most spinal cord injuries still cause lifelong disability. Ongoing research efforts are required.
Secondary Damage to the Spinal Cord: Damage to the spinal cord does not stop immediately after the initial injury, but continues in the hours following trauma. These delayed injury processes present windows of opportunity for treatments aimed at reducing the extent of disability resulting from spinal cord injury.
Normally only a limited number of specialized immune cells enter the spinal cord region. However after the spinal cord is compromised by trauma or disease, immune cells engulf the area, eliminating debris and releasing a host of powerful regulatory chemicals, both beneficial and harmful. Scientists still have limited knowledge about the specific role of these immune cells after spinal cord injury.
Exercise induced injuries are typically associated with relatively minor reversible structural damage and subsequent complete repair usually follows. Muscle strain injuries often involve a partial or complete tear at the junction where the muscle and tendons connects. Post-traumatic scar may develop as a result of the tear. Muscle contusions characteristically heal with most muscle regeneration and with some scar formation. Ischemic muscle injuries often heal well as long as an adequate blood supply is reintroduced quickly and the muscle fibers are not physical disrupted. Prolonged reduction of blood supply to muscle fibers will result in a loss of fiber integrity, cellular death and scar formation.
Spinal Cord Repair
One of the most exciting areas in the field of medicine is the area of nervous system repair and recovery. One of the more common areas of research in this field is the study of the repair of traumatic injuries to the spinal cord. Significant progress is being made although most spinal cord injuries still cause lifelong disability. Ongoing research efforts are required.
Secondary Damage to the Spinal Cord: Damage to the spinal cord does not stop immediately after the initial injury, but continues in the hours following trauma. These delayed injury processes present windows of opportunity for treatments aimed at reducing the extent of disability resulting from spinal cord injury.
Normally only a limited number of specialized immune cells enter the spinal cord region. However after the spinal cord is compromised by trauma or disease, immune cells engulf the area, eliminating debris and releasing a host of powerful regulatory chemicals, both beneficial and harmful. Scientists still have limited knowledge about the specific role of these immune cells after spinal cord injury.
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