Lumbar spondylolisthesis, also known as a slipped vertebra, is a medical condition that occurs when a vertebra slips out of alignment with the rest of your spine. It can cause pain and lead to complications that impact your overall health and quality of life. Lumbar spondylolisthesis has many causes and classifications. Here is what you […]
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Last month, our blog addressed a broken neck, less dramatically known as a fractured vertebra in the cervical spine, the seven vertebrae that make up our neck. Just so we don’t overlook the 17 other vertebrae that make up our spine, this month let’s get into fractures of the thoracic or lumbar spine. Our Texas
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You could ask 100 people what spondylolisthesis is, and you’d get nothing but blank looks. It’s actually difficult to understand how spondylolisthesis can even happen. This long word is the term for a condition where one of your vertebrae slides forward over the bone below it. It is most common in the lumbar spine, the
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Spondylolisthesis is a long word that can be even longer on delivering pain. Spondylolisthesis is a displacement of the anterior vertebrae. This occurs most commonly in the lower spine, the lumbar spine. Also known colloquially as a slipped disc, the displaced vertebra misaligns part of the spinal column and needs immediate treatment to prevent serious
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