Overview of the spine provided by Chiropractor Bellevue, WA.
Having an overview of the spine can help you understand how it performs daily functions and what can go wrong.
The spine at the top includes two vertebra and is separated by the cervical vertebrae. Between the joining vertebrae are disks and the associating nerve roots. Lower in the center back is the thoracic vertebrae, which below it is the body of the spine.
Under the disk are the nerve roots and to the other side are the lumbar vertebrae. Below the nerve roots is the facet joints and adjacent is the pelvis. Under the joints is the sacrum, which is by the sacroiliac joint. The coccyx sits at the bottom of the second vertebrae and completes the spinal column.
Having an overview of the spine can help one appreciate how the back is structured and to see areas that could lead to back pain.
As we look at the outline, it can help us to appreciate that the spine makes up elements that help us to move, bend, slope, and twist, which each movement can cause back injuries.
The coccyx alone makes up the fuse bones, which is around five or less. The bones rest at the base of the spine. The fuse bones are the tailbone.
The coccyx can be broken when a car accident occurs. In addition, trauma impacts can break the coccyx, as well as falling backwards.
A stabbing pain often occurs in the back. This is a clear indication that potential damage has occurred to the coccyx. If you have difficulty sitting, you may have coccygodynia also. If sitting is difficult, likely you will feel pressure at the right side.
What should I do if these symptoms arise?
Ask your doctor to test you, using x-rays. If the x-ray is negative however, you may have only bruised your coccyx.
Additional fused bones climb the steps up the spine, making up another five bones. The sacrum meets in this area, which is a bone as well. The sacrum is a triangular-like bone at the lower back and joins with the hipbone on either side, forming the pelvis. The sacrum connects to the only area of the back limbs at the lower region. At the outer area of the pelvis rests the iliac bones. The larger bones connect to the joints known as sacroiliac. The joints are part of the hip ilium bones and the joints between the sacrum and the ilium.
The joints at this area shape similar to a horses saddle and interfaces the pelvis sides flanking between the pelvis and sacrum. Why are we discussing this area since it really does not make up the spine? Because, this region is the single common section of the connective parts to the spine, where the lower back pain starts due to asymmetric, and deformity.
This information is provided for an educational perspecive on what it is that chiropractors are working on and a general sense.
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