After have an x-ray by my mothers chiropractor he discovered that I had something wrong with it. This made him seriously worry about it. My mum then contacted the doctor and asked them to have a look at the x-ray that he did and see if they could give us an answer. The doctors told me that there wasn't anything wrong with me and that the best thing i could do to stop the pain was excersise. I carried on with the excercise and the pain just got worse so my mum contacted them again and I went to see them again. The only thing they had to say was that it will get worse before it gets better.
A few weeks went by and I was in silly amounts of pain. My mum contacted Bupa, a private health care, and made an appointment with a back specialist. When I went to see the specialist he assessed me and my hip flexis and the muscles in my bum, back and core and felt my spine. I was unable to do things such as touch my toes, I couldn't get past my knees without being in pain. The consultant then said that he wanted me to have scans, so I had more x-rays and he wasn't happy with them as you couldn't see my spine very clear. I then went for an MRI scan. This gave a more clear image and we where able to see what was wrong but just to double check I had a CT scan and more x-ray's. The CT scan (image above) gave the best image and showed clearly what was wrong with my spine. The consultant then confirmed to me that I had Spondylolisthesis and Spondylosis.
My physiotherapist said that I need to work on building the muscles within my core, bum and back to be able to hold myself correctly as my posture isn't correct. This is due to my hips having rotated forward and also because i stand in a certain way to stop me from getting any pain within my back.
What is Spondylolisthesis?
Spondylolisthesis is where one of your vertebrate has moved and has caused a step within your spine. As you can see from my scan above, the vertebrate at the top of my spine are all inline but the one at the bottom (the one circled) is out of place (moved away from my spinal cord) and has created a step within the curve in my back.
What is Spondylosis?
Spondylosis, also known as a stress fracture is where there is a fracture in one of the vertebrate within your spine. In my case it is in my lower spine, also known as Lumbar Spondylosis. This can be caused by certain sports activities, lifting heavy stuff too often, age, an accident, or maybe something that somebody was born with. It occures when you put too much pressure on a certain part of your spine too much. This stops you from being able to sit or stand for long periods of time because it causes you to be in pain.
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