ANATOMY AND BIOMECHANICS OF SPINE
In the previous blog i gave you all a brief idea about how physiotherapy plays an important role in our day-to-day life. In this post I'll be discussing about anatomy and biomechanics of our vertebral column and the concept of anatomy and biomechanics goes hand in hand. So let's start! ANATOMY OF VERTEBRAL COLUMN: Our vertebral column is composed of 26 vertebrae divided into 5 major parts - 1. Cervical (7) 2. Thoracic (12) 3. Lumbar (5) 4. Sacrum (5, fused) 5. Coccyx(4, fused). It transmits body weight in walking and standing which plays a major role in normal walking pattern of people ( GAIT CYCLE in medical term). It has two types of curves - KYPHOTIC and LORDOTIC. The kyphotic curve is present at the thoracic and sacrococcygeal part and the lordotic curve is present at the cervicolumbar part. A new born has only kyphotic curve present in its vertebrae. These curves are important to resist high compressive loads. Not going very deep into anatomy, I'll just let you know...
