- 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
Spinehealth and Disease
Inflammation and The Spine
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Inflammation and The Spine
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic mediated inflammatory condition associated with progressive damage to the synovial lining of joints with a resultant loss of cartilage, bone breakdown, and ligamentous degeneration. It may involve spinal or non-spinal joints. The condition usually affects the hand first. Rheumatoid arthritis has been associated with number of spinal complications, which include discitis, vertebral body erosion, ligamentous erosion, and vertebral instability, as well as spinal cord impression. Many forms of cervical subluxation can occur. The changes can contribute to instability and neurological complications and relatively small percentage of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RA may results in atlantoaxial instability (AAI), which occurs secondary to weakening, softening, and rupture of the cervical cranial junction ligaments. AAI is associated with acute active inflammatory tissue injury leading to the development of fibrous tissue.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic mediated inflammatory condition associated with progressive damage to the synovial lining of joints with a resultant loss of cartilage, bone breakdown, and ligamentous degeneration. It may involve spinal or non-spinal joints. The condition usually affects the hand first. Rheumatoid arthritis has been associated with number of spinal complications, which include discitis, vertebral body erosion, ligamentous erosion, and vertebral instability, as well as spinal cord impression. Many forms of cervical subluxation can occur. The changes can contribute to instability and neurological complications and relatively small percentage of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RA may results in atlantoaxial instability (AAI), which occurs secondary to weakening, softening, and rupture of the cervical cranial junction ligaments. AAI is associated with acute active inflammatory tissue injury leading to the development of fibrous tissue.
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