Images (Re: Another orthopod bites the dust)

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I've tried pretty much everything to no avail. This particular image was very

poorly done (what luck), so lots of soft tissue, et al are easily seen,

including ligamentation. But every time I try to enhance off the CD, or just

forward as jpg (or other format), the picture becomes fuzz.

However, I do have some others that 'can' be seen in the foto section at the

group website. In the following link, look at the top of the image, and on side

of spine at top of sacrum is the fractured downward bent L5 transverse process:

spinal problems/photos/album/6011741/pi\

c/602705094/view?picmode=medium & mode=tn & order=ordinal & start=1 & dir=asc

Sam

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> > Hhhhhh...I'm so very tired of shitty docs out there. The way they treat

people is inexcusable and unnecessary...not to mention against the Hippocratic

Oath they took when they became physicians. I'm so sorry that you too have had

to deal with this problem.

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> > As far as treating the ligament goes, I hate to tell you that there's no

operative solution to that problem. The thing that makes ligament damage so

difficult, is because it doesn't really have elastic properties. It's like

pulling on an old piece of elastic, you stretch it but it doesn't go back. They

haven't come up with a solution to that problem yet, but I hope they figure

something out soon...spine fusion surgery as well as disc replacement surgery

requires such traction and stretching of the ligament to complete the surgical

procedure, that it is causing further damage and future instability. The spine

ligaments are the strongest part of the framework that holds all those discs and

vertebrae in line. Without the constant tension, there is loss of stability. The

iliolumbar ligament may be helped by strengthening and stretching the hip flexor

muscle on the affected side, as well as the psoas muscle. The psoas is one of

the largest muscles in the

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about where the lumbar region starts. Strengthening this muscle helps

tremendously with spine stability.

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