Lumbar Lordosis: Deep View to Causes, Symptoms, Treatments – Part Two

In Lumbar Lordosis article one, I covered the overview of the case and its symptoms and signs. Now I will write about possible treatments and how to prevent the disorder. So have fun reading.

Possible Treatments and Care

Lordosis, in several cases, isn’t really painful and therefore does not pose issues with mobility. Near supervision and monitoring can help track and control any development or progression of the curve, ideally by a spine specialist. During physical growth, this is especially important.

Suppose your kid’s Lordosis is associated with a disease or condition like spondylolysis, muscular dystrophy, or achondroplasia. In that case, his medication and treatment might focus on the main primary condition while still handling the symptoms of Lordosis.

Your doctor may recommend one or maybe more of the additional treatments and care based upon your child’s age, stage of growth, and curve level:

• Physical therapy that uses pain relief activity enhances physical function and fitness and strengthens the back muscles so that the spine can be properly protected and supported.   
• Bracing, can balance and stabilize the back and avoid further curvature of the spine. If their curve is rising or is higher than 30 degrees, your child’s doctor can suggest bracing.
• Surgery of the spine is only essential in serious cases of Lordosis.

Ways to Prevent the Disorder

Although there are no proper recommendations or guidelines to follow for avoiding Lordosis, certain exercises to maintain a healthy posture and protect the spine can be done. It can be these exercises:

• Shrugging shoulders.
• Neck side tilts.
• Yoga positions like the Cat and Dog pose.
• Leg raises.
• Pelvic tilts on a ball of balance.

The curve of your spine can also be altered by prolonged standing. As per one report, sitting substantially reduces modifications in the lower back curve. If you catch yourself standing a lot because of your work or hobbies, consider taking sitting rests.  You would also like to ensure there is ample back support for your chair.

Signs That Mean You Need to See a doctor

You don’t need to pursue therapy or treatment if the lordotic curve adjusts itself when you bend over because that means that the curve is flexible).  However, you should undergo rehabilitation if you lean over and the lordotic curve stays (which indicates that the curve is not flexible).

If you’re feeling an uneasiness that disrupts your everyday activities, you should seek medical care. Our flexibility, mobility, and everyday activities rely highly upon the health and wellbeing of our spine. To control excess curvature, the doctor will be able to suggest solutions. Treating Lordosis now can also help reduce problems such as arthritis and chronic back pain later on in life.

The Types of Lordosis

• Lordosis in the lower back

• Cervical Lordosis

What Are the Types of Lumbar Lordosis?

There are mainly 3 types of Lumbar Lordosis:

1- Lumbar Lordosis in patients

A variation in thickness between front and back sections of the intervertebral disc results from typical lordotic curvatures, also recognized as secondary curvatures. Through adolescence, Lordosis can also develop, often not becoming apparent until the early or mid-20s.

2- Lumbar Hyperlordosis – Swayback

Lumbar hyperlordosis is a disorder that results when tension or excess weight is experienced in the lumbar area (lower back) and arches to the point of muscle spasms or convulsions. It’s a typical postural position in which the natural curve or bend of the back’s lumbar region is moderately or significantly magnified. It is popular with dancers and is generally acknowledged as swayback. Muscle strength and length imbalances are often reasons, such as poor and weak hamstrings or tight and rigid hip flexors (psoas). A forward pelvic turn, resulting in the pelvis settling on top of the thighs, is a significant characteristic of lumbar hyperlordosis.

Hyperlordosis can be caused by other health problems and disorders also.  Some of the most frequent types of hyperlordosis are spondylolisthesis (a disease in which vertebrae slide forward, achondroplasia (a condition in which bones grow abnormally, which may result in small stature as in dwarfism), and osteoporosis (the most common bone deformity in which bone density is damaged, causing bone weakness and increased probability of getting a fracture). Some other factors involve hyperkyphosis (spine curvature condition in which the thoracic curvature is unnaturally rounded), obesity, discitis (inflammation or swelling of the intervertebral disc space) caused by an infection), and benign juvenile Lordosis. Other variables can also include those with serious, rare diseases, such as Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), in which joints are hyper-extensive and typically unstable. With so much hyper-extensibility, finding the muscles surrounding the joints to be a significant source of compensation when such instability occurs is often very usual (if not the norm).

Lumbar hyperlordosis, often labeled as “hollow back” and “saddleback” (after a similar disorder affecting some horses), is an extreme lordotic curvature; swayback generally refers to a decidedly different postural misalignment that may appear very similar originally. Tight low back muscles, excess visceral fat, and pregnancy are potential causes and triggers of lumbar hyperlordosis. Rickets, a child with this Vitamin D deficiency, can also develop lumbar hyperlordosis.

3- Lumbar Hyperlordosis – Flatback

Flatback happens when there is less of a curve in the lower spine or straightening or flattening off the lower back, which is, in comparison, much less frequent than lumbar hyperlordosis. This arises because the vertebrae are positioned towards the back of the spine, extending the disc to the back and compressing it in the center. This can lead to a shrinking of the opening, possibly squeezing the nerves.

This article is part two of the main subject which is “Lumbar Lordosis” if you missed the beginning you can read part one by clicking here. Thank you for your patience and I hope you found a piece of useful information.