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Symptoms of disease - violation of posture

Posture is the position of the head and torso of a man in space, formed at the expense of the skeleton and muscles under the influence of gravity, when he was standing, sitting, and walking. Elements posture: the position of the head on the body, the position of the pelvis, the position of the stop.

The main element that affects the posture, that's the spine. A child is born with a straight spine, and his physiological curves are formed in the process of growth. First is formed cervical lordosis (bending of the bulge ago). The formation of the cervical lordosis due to the fact that the child begins to hold the shower head. When the child begins to walk, he had formed a small bend of the thoracic spine back (thoracic kyphosis) and the curve of the lumbar spine bulge forward (lumbar lordosis). These curves play the role of shock absorbers, and eliminate vibration created by the movement.

The correct development of the curves depend on the state of bone skeleton, spine, pelvic bones and the shoulder, and the state of the muscular system. A person with a normal posture physiological curves of the spine are expressed moderately, symmetric. Thoracic kyphosis (curvature of the spine in the reverse direction) is from 20 to 40 degrees. Head is located right, lobules of ears at the same level, girdle omitted, symmetrical, the body is straight, feet straighten out in hip and knee joints, perpendicular to the floor, feet parallel to each other.

The value of posture is particularly high among children in the period of growth and formation of the skeleton. Incorrect habitual position of the body quickly lead to deformation of the spine, thorax, pelvis, lower extremities, including the foot.

Scoliotic pathology and flat foot is the extreme manifestation of such incorrect load. It should be noted a direct link posture and body build. The shape of the spine, thorax, not only is inherited, but also depends on the complex and extremely necessary mechanism of construction of the vertical position of the human body and when standing, and sitting in, and when walking or running, referred to as the posture. Implemented an important law of biology «form follows function».

The situation of a segment of a body in motion a significant impact on the efficiency of the motor actions. For example, it is difficult to imagine an efficient motor action stooping man, his movements are always clumsy, and can result in injury.

Posture considered in various aspects (posture and mental health, appearance, and a professional career...), her posture is the subject of the study of Sciences such as medicine, physical culture, military Affairs, theatrical art, aesthetics, ergonomics, which give the following definitions posture:

Posture is the orientation in the space of a vertically positioned the human body to perform simple and complex movements, determined by the condition of the muscles and skeletal balance that protects the supporting structures of the body from injury or progressive deformation, both in rest and in motion.

Posture is an indicator of health and physical culture of the person. Good posture is an effective and reliable way of preventive maintenance and treatment of diseases such civilization as pain in the back and osteochondrosis of the spine, as well as an important factor of the professional career and personal life.

Posture - this is body language, posture, which talks about how a person feels in relation to the other, to his life, to himself, individuality, internal position, a sign of profession, social origin. This is his calling card, allowing you to accurately learn a familiar person, not seeing his face.

Tasks posture
- The main task of posture - protection of the musculoskeletal system overload and injury due to the rational alignment segments of the body and balance the muscles.
- Posture performs a practical task. With the right alignment of body segments, making simple and complex movements did not raise particular problems, since in this case, the amplitude of the motion of all the joints - the highest.
- Posture is not only a physical indicator. She is also an indicator of mental peculiarities of the person. It has been scientifically proven effect of posture on the process of formation of a human personality. A man with a good posture more confident in himself, he attracts the attention of others. Good posture is usually associated with good morals.

Violations of posture are divided into 2 groups: the change of physiological curves in the sagittal (front-back) of the plane and curvature of the spine in the frontal plane (scoliosis).

Violations in the sagittal plane
There are the following options for violations of posture in the sagittal plane in which there is a change of correct relations of physiological bends of a backbone:
(a) "stooping" - increase of the thoracic kyphosis in the upper divisions of the anti-aliasing of lumbar lordosis;
b) "round back" - increase of the thoracic kyphosis throughout the thoracic region of the spine;
in) "concave back"- the strengthening of lordosis in the lumbar region;
d)", co-concave back" - increase of the thoracic kyphosis and an increase in the increase in lumbar lordosis;
d) "a flat spin" - smoothing of all physiological bends;
(e) "PLANO-concave back" - reduction of thoracic kyphosis at normal or slightly enlarged lumbar lordosis.

Usually there are 3 degree of distortion of the spine (scoliosis) in the sagittal plane. To determine whether the curvature of the already established, lasting, " the child is asked to stand up.
The deformation of the 1st degree - curvature of the spine is aligned to the normal position when straightening;
The deformation of a 2-degree - in part is aligned with straightening of the child or when gymnastics hang on a wall;
The deformation of 3 degrees - the curvature is not changing when gymnastics hang or straightening of the child.

Violations in the frontal plane
Defects of carriage in front of the plane are not divided into separate species. They are characterized by a violation of the symmetry between right and left halves of the body; the spinal column represents the arc, addressed the peak to the right or to the left; is determined by the asymmetry of the triangles waist, the belt of the upper extremities (shoulders, shoulder blades), head tilted to the side. Symptoms of violations of posture can be identified in varying degrees, from the slightly visible - to sharply expressed.

Lateral curvature of the spine in a functional violations of posture may be fixed volitionally muscles or in the lying position.

Scoliosis
Scoliosis at the initial stage of the development process (1 St.), as a rule, is characterized by the same changes that and posture disorders in the frontal plane. But, in contrast to the violations of posture, when scoliotic disease, except lateral curvature of the spine there is a twisting of the vertebrae around the vertical axis (torsion).

This is evidenced by the presence of rib the ballooning on the back surface of the chest (and with the progression of the process of formation of rib hump) and muscle roller in the lumbar area.

At a later stage of the development of scoliosis is the development of the wedge-shaped vertebrae deformations, located at the top of the arc curvature of the spine.

Depending on the severity of the strain scoliosis is divided into 4 levels. Diagnosis of scoliosis is exposed doctor-orthopedist on the basis of clinical and x-ray examinations.

Which diseases there is violation of posture

The reasons for the curvature of the spine can be both congenital and acquired. To congenital causes curvature of the spine include disruption of normal fetal development, which leads to the underdevelopment of the vertebrae, education wedge-shaped and additional vertebrae and other pathologies. Acquired causes curvature of the spine, the following: any disease (rickets, polio, tuberculosis, pleurisy, radiculitis), as well as injuries (fractures of the spine). Wrong position of a body due to the physiological peculiarities of man (flatfoot, different length of the feet or the absence of one of them, strabismus or short-sightedness because of which a person is forced to take the wrong posture at work) is also a cause of the development of curvature of the spine.

Also, the reason because of which the curvature of the spine, can be related to professional activity of man, in which he always comes in the same position (work at the table with constantly inclined his head, just not the right position in the chair, the usual incorrect posture). It is worth noting that the distortion of the spine is broken uniform pull of muscles, which leads further curvature. Another reason for the development of the curvature of the spine are the muscles. The spine may be warped because of different degree of development of the muscles, where it can be due to a disease (single-sided paralysis, rheumatic diseases). Predisposing factors in the development of the curvature of the spine are malnutrition, poor physical development.

The cause of the development round back may be the systematic long stay in the position of sitting or lying down «up», when the muscles of the back of the thigh and gluteal muscles are in a state of tension, and the muscles of the front surface of the thighs are shortened. Since the position of the pelvis to a large extent depends on the uniform thrust of these muscles, with its violation increases the tilt of the pelvis and lower back curvature of the spine, as it is observed in a standing position. Discrepancy of the size and design of the furniture of the child's growth also leads to the emergence of this type of violations of posture.

One of the reasons for flattening of the spine is the lack of the tilt of the pelvis, children with such a posture predisposed to the side distortion of the spine. Predispose to the formation of a flat back rickets, too early baby sitting, causing a strong extension of the lumbar spine, subsequently difficult to correction.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a violation of posture

• Orthopedist-traumatologist

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