Spine Injuries and Conditions

What’s the condition called when a person has no use of their arms and legs?

• Paraplegia
• Quadriplegia
• Transient Paralysis

What’s the condition called when a person has no use of their arms or legs, then it returns?

• Paraplegia
• Quadriplegia
• Transient Paralysis

What’s the condition called when a person has no use of their legs?

• Paraplegia
• Quadriplegia
• Transient Paralysis

Is it possible to fracture a vertebrae and not become paralyzed?

• Yes
• No

Is it possible to damage the CERVICAL spinal cord and not have it affect everything from there down?

• Yes: Because it's a local injury
• No: Because it's a local injury, but the effects are felt in every level after the area of injury

A cervical vertebrae dislocation can cause what condition?

• Pain
• Numbness
• Total loss of functions
• All of these

This is usually identified by one-sided local pain, spasm, and stiffness in the low back

• Spondylolysis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Lumbar Sprain
• Lumbar Strain

This is usually identified by a pop in the back, (usually from lifting wrong) followed by center-line spinal pain.

• Lumbar Sprain
• Lumbar Strain
• Ankylosing Spondylitis

What causes a disc to bulge or herniate?

• The Nucleus Pulposis shifts toward the Annular Wall
• The entire disc slides off the vertebrae
• Bad posture, improper lifting, wear and tear, etc

This is due to a stress fracture in the pars portion of the vertebrae..

• Spondylitis
• Spondylolysis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Ankylosing Spondylitis