Let’s take a look at what lumbar scoliosis is, what the most prominent symptoms are, and how to arrive at a diagnosis and the subsequent treatment phase. Lumbar scoliosis is a complex lateral deviation of the spine, with associated rotation of the vertebrae in the lumbar region, and most frequently manifests as a convex left. The course of treatment can …
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We are in the middle of summer and the most effective remedy we all know to combat the great heat is always the same: turn on the air conditioned. At home, at work, in the car. And the contrast between the heat (and our sweaty bodies) and the cold air can be harmful. Those who suffer from cervical pain know …
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A problem, that of cervical pain, which affects a very high number of women during pregnancy. The body undergoes great changes in nine months that bring discomfort and pain. Let’s find out how we can cure or prevent cervical pain. What are the causes of cervical pain in pregnancy? As we have already mentioned, a woman’s body undergoes many changes …
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Acute lumbago is almost always caused (nine times out of ten) by muscle strains and contractures. Injuries that can occur either by practising sport or by performing daily activities, activities that involve lifting weights or continuous rotational movements of the trunk. Actually, sedentariness (and therefore lack of training) can also be the cause of frequent back pain. But there can …
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In recent years, technology has enabled us not only to perfect our working methods, our approach to diagnosis, but also to take important steps towards patient care and patient protection. We know this well, every action has a consequence and this often applies to the world of medicine as well. So when we take a medicine, the main focus is …
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Pain is very often associated with winter, with cold. But this is not always the case. Very often it is during the warmer times of the year that certain pains are accentuated. Even back pain. It is no coincidence that low back pain increases precisely in the summer. The causes, of course, are many, but they can all be traced …
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A few days ago, a very interesting study on the combined non-invasive method of assessing correct posture was published in the pages of the journal Scientific Reports (title: Thermography and rasterstereography as a combined infrared method to assess the posture of healthy individuals). A study conducted by an interdisciplinary group at the University of Catania, coordinated by Prof. Giuseppe Musumeci …
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The novelty of the Spine3d technology is involving an increasing number of medical specialists, and has even attracted the attention of the specialised media. On 24 February, a new episode of the programme “Il mio medico” (TV2000 broadcaster) aired live, and viewers were able to appreciate the effectiveness of the instrumentation that was created not only to help specialists in …
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The cold weather of these weeks is certainly generating a lot of neck pain, a slight discomfort in the back of the neck, some stiffness, and all those discomforts that we normally attribute to the neck: headaches, nausea, exhaustion. The correct term is cervical pain. Let’s take a closer look at what it is. What is cervical pain? What we …
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A few days ago we started talking about back pain associated with specific work situations and saw how particularly heavy work can create problems for our backs, often generating acute pain. But it is not only ‘hard’ work that gives us physical discomfort. Many problems are in fact associated with even very static jobs, as office workers, who have to …
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