When I first visited my orthopedic surgeon he checked my back and suggested exercised for my lumbar and then he was nice enough to explain to me the spine anatomy as well as what is lumbar. I had heard the tem spine a lot of times including “spineless”.
But I had never heard about the term lumbar and then never knew that spine was really what was the most important part of our body providing that important network of nerves and neural backbone with which our brain controls all the movements.
Here is my guide in simple language to what is spine and lumbar. I have read a lot of materials on the web for understanding the spine and how the back functions. I will be quoting those wherever I think more information is needed and which is wrong to be given by a non medico like me.
The basics first
If your run finger on the back you will feel that strong backbone or spine running though from just near your lower part of the neck till the lower end of the back where you tie your belt or rather down below at the place where you sit. This place is called the tailbone or the coccyx. There are problems that will usually occur for people who sit for long durations for their coccyx. No just joking! The tailbone problems will usually occur for people who have an incorrect coccyx by birth or they have it damaged in some accident. More on that part of the spine later.
The three major things connected with the spine are
Spinal column – The spinal column means the basic bones of the spine as well as the disc in the spine.
Spinal cord – The nerves and the wires running though the spine are the spinal cords
Muscles and ligaments – For any structure to stand by itself we will need the support and that support is provided within the body by the muscles and the ligaments.
In my next post I will discuss about the Spinal column and its parts which includes the bones and the disc .
