Cervical syndrome With the term “cervical syndrome“ we characterize the discomfort or combination of symptoms due to a condition of the cervical vertebrae, intervertebral discs, joints, nerves or muscles in the neck area. The causes are many and varied: fatigue of the neck muscles at work, sprain of a joint in the neck after...
Scoliosis Scoliosis Spinal deformities are known in man since standing became his characteristic feature. Hippocrates (460 – 375 BC) was the first to use the terms “scoliosis”, “kyphosis”, “lordosis”, to describe spinal deformities. Scoliosis (“skolios” = “crooked”). Scoliosis Scoliosis is a three-dimensional spinal deformity characterized by the lateral tilt and rotation of the vertebrae. It...
Diskoplasty Bleedless treatment of discopathy, with intradiscal gel that is placed by injection. The intervertebral disc that constitutes The main stabilizing and supporting element between the vertebrae is made up of the annulus fibrosus and the nucleus pulposus. The annulus fibrosus surrounds (encircles) the nucleus pulposus, which acts as a shock absorber for the...
Sciatica Sciatica and neck pain are the most common diseases of the musculoskeletal system in our time. Approximately 80% of people will experience back pain, while 67% will experience pain in the neck area. Sciatica is generally referred to as any type of pain along the sciatic nerve (from the hips and sometimes to...
Intervertebral Disc Damage Intervertebral disc lesions may manifest with local or widespread pain always in the spinal area, depending on the type and extent of the lesion. These lesions may be located in the cervical, thoracic or lumbar spine, presenting the corresponding symptoms (sensation of pain) e.g. pain or numbness in the shoulder blade, pain...
Shoulder dislocation Shoulder dislocation is essentially the displacement of the two articulating surfaces in the shoulder area and is usually due to the application of intense force / pressure to the point. The shoulder joint consists of the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula. In the case of dislocation, the...
Shoulder Periarthritis Periarthritis is a general term that refers to pathology in the shoulder area. It is possible that someone who has shoulder pain and cannot raise their arm to a 90-degree angle, when they visit the orthopedic surgeon tell him that he suffers from shoulder periarthritis. Most shoulder problems are related to damage mainly...
Elbow epicondylitis Elbow epicondylitis is a condition in which severe pain develops on the outside or inside of the elbow (the epicondyles) and is due to intense and prolonged use of the elbow (overuse syndrome).It usually occurs in patients who do manual labor and its symptomscan be intense and chronic. In both cases, the frequent...
Carpal tunnel syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common hand disorders and is due to compression of the median nerve in the wrist. Its name comes from the focus of the inflammation, the carpal tunnel, i.e. the tunnel in the wrist through which the median nerve passes, which controls sensation on the...
Ektinasomeno daxtilo Trigger finger is the name of the pathological condition of the fingers of the hand, in which the patient reports that one of his fingers closes but does not open easily or opens but encounters difficulty when bending. Essentially, it is due to the thickening of the sheath of the tendons...
