Posture
Cervical Cord Compression and Whole-Spine Sagittal Balance
Published: World Neurosurg. 2019 Oct;130:e709-e714. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.198. Epub 2019 Jul 4.
Authors: Yuk CD1, Kim TH2, Park MS2, Kim SW2, Chang HG2, Kim JH1, Ahn JH1, Chang IB1, Song JH1, Oh JK3.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
- Department of Orthopedics, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate the relationship between cervical cord compression and factors related to whole-spine sagittal balance.
CONCLUSIONS: Cervical cord compression is more likely to develop in patients with sagittal imbalance. It is important to use whole-spine radiograph and whole-spine T2 scout magnetic resonance imaging to analyze CCI in these patients.
And…. This Is Why We Check Kids
Scoliosis and Postural Screening Assessment
Is it Time To Have Your Child’s Spine and Posture Checked?
These are the results of a spinal, postural and scoliosis assessment of one of the children we assessed during the holiday period.
Back in the day scoliosis and growth checks where done by doctors and nurses who visited schools to screen children. It was a valuable service provided by the government to screen all primary age children for genetic, growth or developmental disorders.
But who is performing this service now?
A Normal Sagittal Spinal Configuration: A Desirable Clinical Outcome
PUBLISHED: J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1996 Jul-Aug;19(6):398-405. Pub Med: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8864971
AUTHORS: Harrison DD, Troyanovich SJ, Harrison DE, Janik TJ, Murphy DJ.
CONCLUSION: The usual, typical or normal configuration of the cervical spine in the sagittal dimension is a lordosis with a range of 16.5-66 degrees when measured as tangent lines along the cervical curve of the posterior vertebral body margins of C2 and C7.
An analysis of stresses and strains supports this claim, as do studies from the scientific literature that attempt to measure and classify average cervical configuration from large population bases.
The use of normative data as a gauge against which to measure patients’ structural health and as an outcome of the degree of success or failure of chiropractic interventions seem to be logical consequences of these findings.
Your Posture and Your Health are Connected
The way you stand, walk and sit today have a long term effect. Next time you’re walking down the street looking down at your phone consider what the long term effect of that action might be.
Your Posture and Your Health are Connected.
Chiropractic BioPhysics Featured in ‘The Age’
CBP Featured in Lifestyle Magazine of The Age Newspaper
A recent article featured in The Age, explored one reporter’s experience with the ‘new Chiropractic trend’ Chiropractic BioPhysics.
Having tried standard Chiropractic, the reporter Sue Williams describes her experience with Dr. Alex Hopwood, a Chiropractic BioPhysics practitioner or ‘Corrective Chiropractor’.
Of interest is that Dr. Hooper and Dr. Hopwood trained together in America, completing the intensive CBP certification program at The Ideal Spine Centre in Boise.
This is an interesting first hand account of what it is like to receive CBP care.
Note that @ The Spinal Centre, the entire clinic is focused on the Postural and Structural Correction of CBP. In particular, the Hawthorn Spinal Centre, is built from the ‘ground up’ encapsulating the very best features of the larger rehabilitative centres in the USA.
Back Care for Office Workers
Most of us are in the same predicament – sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day, hunched over the keyboard with our necks bent in unnatural positions.
In truth, our backs were not designed to spend long periods of time sitting at desks. Spending 6 to 8 a day in front of the computer can lead to shoulder, arm, hand and neck problems, as well as issues with balance and co-ordination. Here, in this article, we discuss how office-workers can avoid back pain with a few simple changes to their routine.
FREE BackPack Checks
For the month of February Dr. Hooper will be providing a complimentary school bag fitting for all kids!
All kids checked will receive a special prize.
To take advantage of this exclusive offer contact The Spinal Centre on 1300 2 SPINE, or Hawthorn 7000 6070 and Montrose 9728 5333.
