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  • Benefits of Cervical Traction

    Cervical traction is a rehabilitation procedure used to realign or shift injured or out of alignment parts of the spine. Cervical traction is used as a noninvasive method to avoid surgery. Cervic...

  • 5 Things You Need to Know About Cervical Pain

    ...the spine consisting of seven different vertebrae. It is capable of maintaining a human head that weighs 15 to 20 pounds as it moves in many different directions. Hence, the cervical spine is ve...

  • How to Treat Cervical Spondylosis

    Take an ibuprofen or aspirin. Read the directions on the package to learn how many and how often you can take these anti-inflammatory drugs. Reducing the swelling and pain will help all subsequent ...

  • 5 Things You Need to Know About Cervical Spine Surgery

    ...diseases shrink the padding between the vertebrae, which may put pressure on your spinal cord and on nerves coming out of your spine.

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Conversations On Cervical Vertebrae

  • Cigarette Smoking and its Impact on the Spine

    ...ed arthrodesis) can be performed at the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar levels of the spine. It takes months to heal. Your doctor may order post-operative x-rays to monitor the progress of this he...

    • Posted On March 8, 2008 06:10:08 AM

      In my school district, they start anti-drug, anti-smoking and anti-drinking education in 1st grade and cover it every single year through graduation. It is a wonder that any of these kids start us... Read More

  • Body Building Anatomy

    ...ulae runs next to the first five or six cervical vertebrae in your neck. The trapezius muscles run down your back from the nape of your neck to the waist on either side of the spine. In body ...

    • Posted On December 14, 2007 08:35:08 AM

      do you have a diagram of these muscles? LOL. I bet I can find one... thank you for the descriptives. Read More

    • Posted On December 14, 2007 08:48:12 AM

      I have an anatomy and phisiology book at home lol. Read More

Cervical Vertebrae Blogs

The critical difference between having six or seven cervical vertebrae

PZ Meyers in Seed Magazine : Imagine a long-necked animal. Most people will, I suspect, picture a giraffe. Other likely candidates are swans or long-necked dinosaurs or plesiosaurs; many vertebrates have evolved long, relatively flexible necks, the...

Cervical Spine X-Ray Lesson - LMFAO

By Michael Dorausch, DC This post is real simple. The goal is to provide an easy to remember acronym to be used when identifying 5 important parts related to the human cervical spine (neck) as shown on the following x-ray. Landmarks highlighted with red...

Joe DeCamillis Has Successful Sugery Following Accident

The Cowboys PR dept has announced that assistant coach Joe DeCamillis has undergone successful surgery after Saturday’s accident: “Joe DeCamillis underwent successful surgery today at Parkland Hospital to stabilize fractured vertebra in his...

Big Air Leads To Big Fall, Big Drama

For those of you old enough to remember the famous opening to ABC's Wide World Of Sports featuring the skier wiping out over the words "and the agony of defeat," I think we've finally found a wipeout that tops it. Before watching it's helpful to know...

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