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    A Simple Guide to The Posture, Spine Diseases and Use in Disease Diagnosis
    A Simple Guide to The Posture, Spine Diseases and Use in Disease Diagnosis
    A Simple Guide to The Posture, Spine Diseases and Use in Disease Diagnosis
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    A Simple Guide to The Posture, Spine Diseases and Use in Disease Diagnosis

    By Kenneth Kee

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    The Posture and Disease Diagnosis

    The backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bone discs called vertebrae.
    It consists of:

    1. 7 cervical or neck vertebrae
    2. 12 thoracic or chest vertebrae
    3. 5 lumbar or lower back vertebrae
    4. 1 sacrum (triangular-shaped bone at the bottom of the spine).
    5. 1 coccyx or tip of the spine

    The first cervical vertebra allows rotation on the atlas in movement of the head.

    The rest of vertebra allows for flexion, dorsiflexion and lateral rotation.

    In a normal person, the posture of the spine is straight with flexion and rotation capability.

    The vertebrae protect the spinal cord which is the thick cord of nerve tissue within the spinal canal, which in man gives rise to 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and together with the brain forms the central nervous system.

    The spinal cord is surrounded by a clear fluid called Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF), that acts as a cushion to protect the delicate nerve tissues against damage from banging against the inside of the vertebrae.

    The spine allows a person to stand and bend.

    The spine, or backbone, is made up of small bones (vertebrae) stacked with intervertebral discs one on top of another.

    A healthy spine when viewed from the side has gentle curves to it.

    The curves help the spine absorb stress from body movement and gravity.

    When viewed from the back, the spine should run straight down the middle of the back.

    What is Posture?

    A good normal spinal posture is usually a straight flexible spine with an anterior convex curve in the neck and lumbar region, convex posteriorly in the thoracic region and convex anteriorly in the sacral region.

    Webster's New World Medical Dictionary defines the neutral posture as the stance that is attained "when the joints are not bent and the spine is aligned and not twisted

    An ideal posture is one that has proper alignment of the body’s segments such that the least amount of stress is placed on the body’s tissues

    My observations of the postures of patients who entered my consultation room are those with:

    1. Normal posture

    2. Pushed forward head posture common among people who do a lot of desk and computer work.

    When the head is pushed forward, it pulls against the neck, back, shoulders and chest.

    3. Kyphosis in old ladies with an angulated posture usually due to compression fracture of the spine.

    4. Some older men and women with milder angulated posture whom I advised to wear a corset to prevent further angulation of the back

    5. Ankylosing spondolysis is common in young adult males with a stiff and painful back.

    6. Stiffness of the back due to injury or sprain of back muscles are common in other adults with a stiff back who wish to stand instead of sitting in the consultation chair.

    7. Scoliosis is present in young girls and boys with a S concavity of their spine.
    The young adolescents can have their scoliosis prevented by braces or traction.
    There are also older patients whose scoliosis are already present and cannot be treated without surgery

    8. Torticollis can be present in young adults with wry neck (due to painful stiff neck muscles on 1 side)

    9. Patients with neck collars round the neck either due to injury or severe cervical spondylosis.

    10. Lordosis of the back is common in many pregnant women.

    11. Sciatica or pain in 1 leg prevents the patient from sitting or standing properly.
    Sciatica is due to pressure on the nerve from spinal stenosis or herniated disc.

    12. There are also patients who have their body bend over because of menses cramp and abdominal cramps from diarrhea.

    13. Sloping of the shoulders may occur in patients who are depressed or tired

    TABLE OF CONTENT
    Chapter 1 The Posture and Disease Diagnosis

    Chapter 2 The Spine Diseases

    Chapter 3 Lordosis

    Chapter 4 Kyphosis

    Chapter 5

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateJul 17, 2013
    ISBN9781301175161
    A Simple Guide to The Posture, Spine Diseases and Use in Disease Diagnosis
    Author

    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      A Simple Guide to The Posture, Spine Diseases and Use in Disease Diagnosis - Kenneth Kee

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      to

      The Posture,

      Spine Diseases

      And

      Use in Diagnosis of Diseases

      by

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B., B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2013 Smashwords Edition

      Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      to my wife Dorothy

      and my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      and Kelvin

      This book describes the Posture, Spine Diseases and the Use in Diseases Diagnosis such as Lordosis, Kyphosis, Scoliosis, Cervical spondylosis, Ankylosing spondylosis, Spinal Stenosis and Herniated Disc which are seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Chapter 1

      The Posture and Disease Diagnosis

      The backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bone discs called vertebrae.

      It consists of:

      1. 7 cervical or neck vertebrae

      2. 12 thoracic or chest vertebrae

      3. 5 lumbar or lower back vertebrae

      4. 1 sacrum (triangular-shaped bone at the bottom of the spine).

      5. 1 coccyx or tip of the spine

      The first cervical vertebra allows rotation on the atlas in movement of the head.

      The rest of vertebra allows for flexion, dorsiflexion and lateral rotation.

      In a normal person, the posture of the spine is straight with flexion and rotation capability.

      The vertebrae protect the spinal cord which is the thick cord of nerve tissue within the spinal canal, which in man gives rise to 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and together with the brain forms the central nervous system.

      The spinal cord is surrounded by a clear fluid called Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF), that acts as a cushion to protect the delicate nerve tissues against damage from banging against the

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