Hello everyone! I am Wang Shaojie, an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the Department of Orthopedics, a public tertiary hospital in Beijing.
The reason why the spine is called the "backbone" is because the short spinal bones are indeed the "backbone" that supports our lives. Just like the stems of flowers and the trunks of trees, they connect the brain and the internal organs, and are responsible for transporting nutrients, Nerve transmission and other important functions, all nerve vessels originate from the spinal cord, known as the "second heart of the human body."
The spine is upright and balanced in the coronal position. In the sagittal position, the spine has four physiological curvatures. Cervical and lumbar lordosis, thoracic and sacral vertebra kyphosis.
In young children, the spine is composed of 32 or 33 vertebrae: 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumbar vertebrae, 5 sacral vertebrae, and 3~4 coccygeal vertebrae. After adulthood, the 5 sacral vertebrae are fused into a whole body ( sacrum ), and the 3 to 4 coccygeal vertebrae are also fused into a whole body (coccyx).
The main functions of the spine: support the body, control activity functions, and protect nervous tissue.
Problems that may be caused by spinal degeneration: long-term lower back pain, foot pain and numbness, weakness in the lower limbs, and difficulty walking.
Diseases that may be caused: intervertebral disc herniation, spinal stenosis , spondylolisthesis.
If you have questions related to orthopedic diseases, you can leave me a message and I will provide you with dialectical analysis.
◆I am Wang Shaojie, an old Chinese doctor in the Department of Orthopedics, a public tertiary hospital in Beijing. He has been engaged in clinical and scientific research work on bone and joint diseases for nearly 40 years.
[Good at] Integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine to treat various fractures and dislocations, sports trauma and various post-operative complications. He is good at using traditional Chinese medicine to treat cervical spondylosis , lumbar spondylosis, limb osteoarthrosis, avascular necrosis of the femoral head. and orthopedic diseases such as senile degenerative osteoarthrosis.