- 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
Spinal Dysfunction
Joint Mobility:
The term joint mobility refers to movement or excursion of a joint. The movement may be active or passive. Active movement occurs as the result of muscular contraction whereas passive movement does require muscle contraction. Joint mobility is dependent upon active and passive elements. The limiting barriers, which prevent too much movement of the joint, are anatomical, such as the plane or shape of the facet joint, the spinal ligaments and the intervertebral disc.
When motion in a joint takes place, supportive tissues are stretched resulting in firing of the specialized nerve endings. This provides information to centers within the spinal cord and brain about the position and stress placed upon the joints. This feedback system allows us to perform coordinated tasks.
Joint Play:
The term joint play refers to the precise accessory movements within the joint that can be evaluated by a highly trained physician. These small amplitude accessory joint movements are not obvious to an individual, therefore patients are not aware diminished or absent joint play. The presence of normal joint play is necessary for optimum joint function. It is not voluntarily influenced by the patient or an individual. Joint play exists in all planes of joint movement. The amplitude of joint play is small, typically less than one eighth of an inch in any one direction. A spine specialist can evaluate spinal segment joint play. The spinal joint end play should be slightly springy.
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Spinal Dysfunction
Joint Mobility:
The term joint mobility refers to movement or excursion of a joint. The movement may be active or passive. Active movement occurs as the result of muscular contraction whereas passive movement does require muscle contraction. Joint mobility is dependent upon active and passive elements. The limiting barriers, which prevent too much movement of the joint, are anatomical, such as the plane or shape of the facet joint, the spinal ligaments and the intervertebral disc.
When motion in a joint takes place, supportive tissues are stretched resulting in firing of the specialized nerve endings. This provides information to centers within the spinal cord and brain about the position and stress placed upon the joints. This feedback system allows us to perform coordinated tasks.
Joint Play:
The term joint play refers to the precise accessory movements within the joint that can be evaluated by a highly trained physician. These small amplitude accessory joint movements are not obvious to an individual, therefore patients are not aware diminished or absent joint play. The presence of normal joint play is necessary for optimum joint function. It is not voluntarily influenced by the patient or an individual. Joint play exists in all planes of joint movement. The amplitude of joint play is small, typically less than one eighth of an inch in any one direction. A spine specialist can evaluate spinal segment joint play. The spinal joint end play should be slightly springy.
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