Let’s continue with the examination of intervertebral discs begun in the last post. This will also give us a chance to examine some of the normal changes associated with aging of the spine and to have a look at degenerative disc disease, a difficulty frequently encountered in the lumbar region. Many mysteries remain about how […]

Article # 10 Article original en anglais publié le 11 mai 2010 Traduction française, révisée et approuvée le 15 avril 2011 Le dernier article portait sur la colonne vertébrale et son rôle central dans la vie quotidienne. Nous allons maintenant nous pencher sur les vertèbres, ces petits os qui forment la colonne. Les 24 vertèbres […]

Not quite seven years ago, a well-known Australian geriatrician and member of the Taoist Tai Chi Society, Dr. Dick Lefroy, sent me a tape of people practicing the Taoist Tai Chi® arts. All were residents of a long-term care facility. Each was dealing with dementia or with another disabling medical condition such as motor neuron […]

Thus far we have been introduced to a number of the components of the spinal column – the vertebrae themselves, the intervertebral discs and the facet joints. We have looked briefly at both lumbar disc disease and spinal stenosis and gained a sense of how these conditions affect, and are affected, by posture and movement in […]