The pictures revealed, as we all knew, that nothing was awry in the brain or spine.
More than 90% of sites said they used a tool that assessed balance and mobility, but in reality only 34% of patients with fractures of the wrist, arm, pelvis or spine had received an assessment.
This can be just the result of the excess pressure placed on the nerve or it can also be caused by neck or back trauma, a herniated disk in the spine, or a mass (such as a tumor or infection).
And osteopathic medicine has a certain disreputable tinge going back a century when osteopaths believed all disease sprang from the spine or the skeletal system.
Certain conditions of the spine or other parts of the body such as arthritis, scoliosis, ankylosing spondylitis, infections and tumors may also cause back pain.
During a swing, the shoulder turns completely while the pelvis remains relatively stationary facing the ball, causing stress on the lower spine or lumbar region, the researchers said.
It's called the specialty hospital, a center that focuses on the care of a particular body part such as the heart, spine or joints, or on a specific disease such as cancer.
The one real memorable moment was when Tim Pawlenty showed an embarrassing lack of spine (or if you are really old-fashioned, an admirable degree of politeness).
Shakespeare and others have characterized Richard III as a hunchback, and the body found among the remains of what was once a monastery shows signs of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine.
Experts say other evidence -- including battle wounds and signs of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, found during the search and the more than four months of tests since support the DNA findings.
Throughout pregnancy, women with diabetes need to take extra doses of folic acid, and have regular scans to make sure their babies are not growing too quickly, or developing heart and spine defects - some of the common risks in such cases.
The search turned up traces of the building, and then something altogether more exciting: A human skeleton, complete with evidence of battle wounds -- a blow to the head, and an arrow in the back -- and scoliosis, or curvature of the spine.
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Anesthesiologists paralyze patients undergoing sensitive surgeries on the spine, brain or heart by bathing cellular receptors with strong muscle relaxants.
For sensitive operations like spine, heart or brain surgery, doctors don't just put patients to sleep, they temporarily paralyze them with powerful muscle relaxants.
You buy an exposure to a wide assortment of dubious currencies--rubles, pesos or whatever would send shivers down the spine of a Swiss banker.
Texas Spine is one of 260 or so that is threatened by language in the health reform bill that bans physicians from owning hospitals.
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One thing Dr. Kathy had taken time out to show the boy was a freestanding 3-D model of a human spine that had not been taken care of in any real or significant way.
Reconnecting a mere 10% to 15% of nerves across a crushed spine may be enough for paraplegics to regain limited walking ability or for quadriplegics to be able to use their hands again, estimates Dr. Volker Dietz, who treats spinal cord patients at Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich.
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