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Lumbar lordosis flattened: what it is, causes, symptoms, treatment

In the human body from nature 3 of a bend in the spine: lordosis and two kyphosis one. These curves are generated at different stages of life. First cervical lordosis appears when infant begins to hold his head. This bend allows the head stay straight. The second curve called a kyphosis is formed in the thoracic spine when a child learns to sit. Bend has a bend in the opposite direction from the cervical lordosis. The latter is formed, the lumbar curvature during the period when the baby begins to walk.

poyasnichnyj lordoz sglazhen chto eto takoe

These three vertebrates bending enables a person to walk upright. While the load on the sections of the spinal cord is evenly distributed. If one of the natural curves of the deformed, or the angle of inclination increases or decreases, it causes abnormal and leads to malfunction of the body. But there is a disease in which the natural bend begins to straighten or not formed at all. This pathology is called chipolatas or flattened lordosis.

Most trouble brings flattened lordosis of the lumbar. Lumbar lordosis is smoothed, what is it? In reality, this disease looks like a straight back, without the natural SAG in the lumbar region. This person may be a bit to bend back and no attempts to walk a straight line will not succeed.

Formed as a flattened lumbar lordosis?

It is important to understand that flattening the lumbar lordosis may be congenital or acquired during a person's life. Causes congenital lordosis smoothed in infants can be:

  • The variances while in the womb

Pathology can develop for different reasons: a pregnant woman could carry a serious infectious disease, which resulted in a change in the spinal column of the fetus; the fetus was lying wrong in the womb or it was made systematic pressure (twin brother or a tumor in the uterine cavity);

prichiny vozniknoveniya sglazhennogo lordoza

  • Birth injuries

For difficult births can be broken spine, which further does not give the possibility to form the natural lumbar lordosis;

  • The abrupt change of body weight of the child

Usually a sharp rise of body weight suffer from premature babies who are born with missing weight and gain it very rapidly after birth;

  • Rickets in children

Vitamin D deficiency affects bone development. If it is not taken after the birth, then the child may develop rickets, and this will cause defective formation of spinal curves.

People in adulthood also are at risk of this disease. The most common causes of lumbar lordosis smoothed, are:

  • Mechanical trauma

The trauma of the spine, when not treated can lead to changes in the spinal column and cause flattened lumbar lordosis;

  • Surgery

Operations on the spinal column and improper strain relief can cause the development of geologize in the lower back;

  • Physical activity

Excessive load on the spine, which are of a permanent nature can cause various diseases of the back, including a flattened lumbar lordosis. In the risk group include pregnant women. They have a load on the back can result in flattening the lumbar lordosis;

  • Tumors on the spine

Tumors on the spine and a spinal hernia can cause forced deformation of the spine.

Symptoms

In the early stages to detect that the lumbar lordosis flattened hard enough. To prevent the further development of the disease is possible if the time to get examined by a podiatrist. But when the pathology has already started or is in the chronic stage, the symptoms are vivid and it is impossible not to notice:

  • Pain in the lumbar region

Pain can be aching, cutting, shooting and burning. Pain syndrome is ongoing. It increases after exercise or after long walks. The pain stops after taking a break, but quickly returns;

  • Constant muscle tension in the lumbar region

Due to the irregular shape of the vertebral column muscles are in constant tension, and it provides a person a lot of discomfort. Hypertonicity can be felt in the thoracic and even to giveblades;

  • Visual change posture

vneshnie proyavleniya sglazhennogo lordoza

People with acquired flattened lordosis is changing its previous posture, it affects primarily the gait;

  • Reduction of sensitivity

Due to the deformation of lumbar lordosis may occur with a pinched spinal cord and nerve roots. Often, this condition affects the lower extremities. The patient has a sensation of weak legs, thigh muscle loses its tone and becomes flabby.

  • Frequent fatigue

People with this disorder loses the ability active way of life. After a little physical exertion comes quickly fatigue and the patient requires rest.

Treatment

To diagnose disease and to prescribe treatment should be strictly the attending physician. Self-treatment may not only lead to improve the patient's condition, but to provoke complications and consequences of the disease.

The treatment primarily depends on the stage of the disease. Treat flattening the lumbar bend is much easier in the early stages and here you can do only medical procedures and gymnastics. In case of chronic pathology the doctor prescribes the medication and the physiological and manual therapies:

In the case where the treatment fails, the disease progresses, the doctor may decide to eliminate the disease through surgery. Surgery is prescribed when flattened lumbar lordosis in danger of disability or on the spine formed a hernia, which may result in a pinched spinal cord. With timely diagnosis of the disease is successfully treated, if you strictly adhere to all instructions of the attending physician.