Mind Your Back
Coping with low back pain
The Skeletal System
The Spine is the central core
of our skeletal system. The
main function of the spine
like the bicycle is to
provide support to your body
and anchorage points to your
other bones to allow you to
move freely. It also has the
important job of providing
protection to the spinal cord
which is the major nervous
pathway in your body.
The spine is made up of
vertebrae which can be sub
categorised into three main
areas
I) Cervical (7) - The neck ii) Thoracic (12) - The middle back iii) Lumbar (5) - The lower back
Each vertebrae as it connects to the next makes up a series of articulations or joints. Besides the obvious central articulations, the vertebrae have a series of joints to their sides known as facet joints.
I) Cervical (7) - The neck ii) Thoracic (12) - The middle back iii) Lumbar (5) - The lower back
Each vertebrae as it connects to the next makes up a series of articulations or joints. Besides the obvious central articulations, the vertebrae have a series of joints to their sides known as facet joints.
