Spondylo

Spondylo - - See Spondylus.

Spondylosis (also spondylosis, spondyloarthrosis, lumbar hyperlordosis) is a chronic degenerative disease of the spine, which is characterized by changes in the vertebral discs and articular processes of the vertebrae, in which back pain occurs most often in the lumbosacral spine, reducing the performance and quality of life of patients. This diagnosis is made by the doctor after complaints of back pain become unbearable and actually immobilize the patient. The patient feels not only pain, but also unpleasant stiffness of the joints when bending and turning. If a person has been holding his back in an uncomfortable position for some time, and suddenly straightens it, very severe pain often occurs. Sitting on a chair, a person over time begins to feel the lower back, at first simply palpating the muscles, then looking for painful places more carefully, with his fingers, and sometimes even with a knife with a special tip, cutting off a layer of skin along with the pain