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Lumbar strains and sprains are the most common causes of lower back pain.
Lumbar Sprain
When you stretch or tear the ligaments in your spine.
Kissing Spines
Schuermanns Disease Spondylolysis Spondylolisthesis Herniated Lumbar Disc
Occurs when the lower back muscle fibers are unusually stretched or torn.
- Lifting a heavy object. - A sudden and weird movement. - Improper technique. - Working on the same lift for too long. This will lead to a guarding and spasm of the back musculature to protect the area from further harm.
- Rest
- Ice - Anti-inflammatory medicine Meeting with a physiotherapist can help identify weaknesses, tightness, and postural faults. The dancer may also want to evaluate his/her own technique to help prevent further injury.
Kissing Spines
AKA Baastrups Disease
Kissing Spines
Treatment
- Ice/rest inflammatory.
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- Physiotherapist consultations are valuable. - The dancer should also be instructed by a doctor/physiotherapist as to how to perform everyday tasks (i.e. getting out of bed). - It can be caused back/forward bends by harsh
Recovery Period: 1 6 weeks, and can dance again, once no pain is felt.
Schuermanns Disease
AKA Juvenile Kyphosis
Schuermanns Disease
Treatment
Tech Tip
Curvature of the spine can occur later in life as a result of osteoporosis, so maintaining good bone health by eating well, and taking in enough calcium can be helpful in preventing osteoporosis (NYU).
Spondylolysis
Stress fracture vertebrae. Causes - Heredity. - Hyperextension, or repeated stress (hence stress fracture). - Stress fractures were already discussed, so we assume you already know how to treat them - Pain will typically occur with port de bras or cambr backward. of the lumbar
Spondylolisthesis
The forward slippage of a vertebra.
Causes
- Stress fractures. Treatment - Strengthening & exercises given physiotherapist. - Back brace. - Or if nothing else works a surgical fusing of the spine (the surgery limits the spines range of motion and has a high risk of nerve injury, so it is only used as a last resort). stretching by a
Falls
Repetitive strain on the lumbar spine. Careless twisting of the spine Physician & Physiotherapist needed.
Treatment
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Conservative management can often fix the disc. Surgery if needed (removal of part or all of the disc) Recovery time post surgery: 6 8 weeks.
Works Cited
"Lower Back Strain And Sprain." American Association of Neurological Surgeons. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Sept. 2005. Web. 20 Mar. 2013. Schexneider, Malton, and Kathy Ficarelli. "Low Back Sprains and Strains." Back Pain Relief Centre. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
"Spine." Harkness Center for Dance Injuries. NYU Langone, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.