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| Acute sprain without disk rupture |
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Definition
| back muscle ligament or capsule of the neural arch joint is injured. |
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| Chronic strain without disk rupture |
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Definition
| the term strain means the tissues involved have exceeded their endurance capacity and pain occurs with physical stress at the site |
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Term
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Definition
| the pain is often felt in a unmoving position and eased with frequent positional changes it is not felt with movement which is what kinetic pain is |
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Definition
| strain is caused by too much forward bending, lower back stresses that are beyond the person's capacity and poor body mechanics. |
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Term
| Herniated nucleus pulposus |
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Definition
| between each pair of vertebrae is an intervertebral disc the disc provides cushion so the vertebrae do not rub each other. The disks also keep ligaments tight. The center of the disc is the nucleus pulposus. When this pulposus ruptures the disc protrudes |
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Term
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Definition
| the spinal canal narrows and the spinal nerves become trapped squeezed and impinged resulting in pain |
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Term
| Degenerative Disc disease |
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Definition
| the intervertebral disc gradually dehydrates and the annulus begins to break down as part of the normal aging process as a result the disc begins to collapse and the ligaments become slack and bony overgrowth invades the disc |
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Term
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Definition
| form of soft tissue rheumatism and unlike other rheumatic disease inflammation is not present. Back Pain |
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