I. Small misalignments of the crest joints or incorrect posture (curvature) or scoliosis.
It not only affects the aesthetics and the function of the crest, but also the function of the corresponding organs in serious cases; there is also damage to the soft tissues around the crest or various pressure factors that can also affect the immediate access to qi and blood and information, which in turn affects the corresponding organ disease. This is what we often call crest-related diseases.
1. When the crest of a cervical spine segment is damaged or involved, some parts or organs are at risk of disorders.
First cervical spine segment.
Mainly associated with the head, ears, nose, throat, face, etc. If disorders occur, it is easy to suffer from headache, insomnia, vision loss, memory loss, vertigo, hypertension and facial paralysis.
Second cervical vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with the ear, nose, throat, tongue, vocal cords, and mouth. If disorders occur, they are prone to dizziness, migraine, tinnitus, chest tightness, tonsillitis, mumps, sinusitis, allergies, and loss of voice.
Third cervical vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with pharynx, cheek, shoulder and diaphragm. If disorders occur, it is prone to pharyngitis, foreign body sensation in the throat, toothache, neck and shoulder pain, inhalation difficulties, hyperthyroidism, etc.
Fourth cervical vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with the neck muscles, pharynx and arm. If disorders occur, it is prone to shoulder pain, toothache, trigeminal neuralgia, hyperthyroidism, chest tightness, and erratic reflux (eruption).
Fifth cervical vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with the elbow, esophagus, trachea, diaphragm, heart, etc. If disorders occur, it is prone to bronchitis, pharyngitis, asthma, arm pain, tachycardia or bradycardia, etc.
Sixth cervical segment.
Mainly associated with the thyroid, esophagus, trachea, heart and lungs, upper limbs, etc. If disorders occur, it is easy to suffer from arm or wrist pain, thyroiditis, hypotension, cardiac arrhythmia, fifty shoulders, soreness and numbness of the thumb, etc.
Seventh cervical vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with the thyroid gland, esophagus, trachea, heart and lungs, and brachialis. If the disorder occurs, it is easy to suffer from thyroiditis, hypotension, arrhythmia, outer arm, middle finger, brachialis, ring finger pain and so on.
2, the thoracic vertebral segment crest is damaged, some related parts or organs may occur in the disorder.
First thoracic vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with the heart, trachea, esophagus, forearm. If the disorder occurs, it is easy to suffer from panic, palpitations, bronchitis, shortness of breath, cough, difficulty in breathing, left upper chest pain, wrist pain, pain in the back of the arm, etc.
Second thoracic vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with the heart, trachea, esophagus, and shoulder and arm. If disorders occur, it is prone to esophagitis, chest pain, asthma, cough, abnormal blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmia, shoulder and arm pain, hand numbness, etc.
Third thoracic vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with lung, bronchus, esophagus, heart and thoracic cavity. If disorders occur, it is susceptible to asthma, cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, esophagitis, costochondritis, heart disease, chest tightness, chest pain, etc.
Fourth thoracic vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with lung, bronchus, gallbladder, thoracic ribs, etc. If the disorder occurs, it is prone to pneumonia, asthma, jaundice, pleurisy, breast pain, intercostal pain, etc.
Fifth thoracic vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with liver, gallbladder, spleen and stomach, chest wall, etc. If disorders occur, it is susceptible to hepatitis, cholecystitis, splenomegaly, hypotension, gastritis, breast pain, chest wall pain and other disorders.
Sixth thoracic vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with pancreas, stomach, gallbladder, chest and back, etc. If disorders occur, it is susceptible to liver pain, stomach pain, gallstone disease, epigastric distension, intercostal pain, loss of appetite, chest and back pain, etc.
Seventh thoracic vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with liver, gallbladder, pancreas, duodenum, etc. If disorders occur, it is susceptible to liver pain, gallstone disease, gastric ulcer, type II diabetes, duodenitis, tonsillitis, etc.
Eighth thoracic vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with the spleen, stomach, pancreas, liver, bile ducts, adrenal glands, small intestine, etc. If disorders occur, they are prone to liver disease, chest tightness, type II diabetes, cholelithiasis, small intestinal inflammation, frequent urination, etc.
Ninth thoracic vertebra segment.
Mainly associated with the small intestine, adrenal glands, pancreas, etc. If disorders occur, it is susceptible to enteritis, allergies, eczema, adrenalitis, cystitis, difficulty urinating, frequent urination, infertility, lower abdominal pain, etc.
Tenth thoracic vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with kidney, ureter, large intestine, liver and gallbladder, etc. If disorders occur, susceptible to abdominal distension, pain in the liver area, enteritis, edema, gout, infertility, ureteritis, herpes zoster, varicose veins, etc.
Eleventh thoracic vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with the pancreas, kidney, small and large intestine, ureter, bladder, etc. If disorders occur, it is susceptible to diabetes, nephritis, ureteritis, colitis, sexual impotence, abnormal urination and other diseases.
Twelfth thoracic vertebra: mainly associated with the pancreas, kidney, small and large intestine, ureter, bladder, etc. If disorders occur, it is easy to suffer from diabetes, cystitis, infertility, genital diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, ureteritis and other diseases.
3, the lumbar segment of the crest is damaged, and its corresponding parts or organs may suffer from disorders.
First lumbar vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with the large intestine, ureter, quadriceps, anterior thighs, etc. If disorders occur, they are susceptible to colitis, lumbago, abdominal pain, diarrhea, thigh pain, constipation, bedwetting, hernia, etc.
Second lumbar vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with ovaries, fallopian tubes, kidneys, bladder, vulva, inner thighs, etc. If disorders occur, it is prone to menstrual disorders, uterine ovarian inflammation, miscarriage, mid-thigh pain, constipation, etc.
Third lumbar vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with genitalia, lower back, sciatic nerve, etc. If disorders occur, it is prone to menstrual disorders, genital diseases, edema, sciatica, lumbago, abdominal pain, abnormal blood pressure, etc.
Fourth lumbar vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with the prostate, lower back, uterus, sciatic nerve, etc. If disorders occur, it is prone to lower back pain, calf pain, sciatica, prostatitis, menstrual disorders, etc.
Fifth lumbar vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with the prostate, uterus, bladder, rectum, foot, etc. If disorders occur, it is easy to suffer from bladder disorder, calf to ankle pain, sciatica, prostatitis, menstrual disorders, etc.
4. If the crest of sacrococcygeal segment is damaged, its corresponding parts or organs may be afflicted.
Sacral vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with prostate, genitalia, bladder, rectum, anus, posterior thighs, etc. If disorders occur, they are susceptible to prostatitis, cervicitis, proctitis, hip osteoarthritis, hip pain, ankle pain, etc.
Caudal vertebral segment.
Mainly associated with the prostate, genitalia, bladder, rectum, anus, etc. If the disorder occurs, it is easy to suffer from prostatitis, cervicitis, hemorrhoids, scratchy disease, anusitis, proctitis and other diseases.
5. Common disorders following damage to the nerves or qi and blood in one or several segments of the crista.
Falling pillow.
Waking up in the morning with a sudden inability to turn the head and stiffness and pain in the neck is the result of cervical spine displacement, qi-blood pathway or nerve compression.
Acute lumbago.
Sudden injury to the lower back during unintentional movement and pain, commonly known as “flash back”.
Shoulder and neck pain.
Long-term pain or soreness in the back of the neck and shoulders, even affecting the rotation of the neck, is the result of pressure on the muscles and nerves in the back of the neck and back.
Tension headache.
Swelling and pain at the back or sides of the head, inability to concentrate, work and reading affected, even affect emotion and will, is the result of pressure on the muscles and nerves of the head and neck.
Compression chest tightness.
Sometimes pain in the chest, most of the time feel depressed, panic, other cardiopulmonary examination is normal, is affected by the compression of the thoracic nerve.
Scoliosis of the crest.
Non-congenital scoliosis of the crest is mostly due to incorrect posture, or the influence of the seat or sleeping bed.
Pelvic tilt.
Due to pain in the crest or sacroiliac disorders that affect both hip bones asymmetrically or the entire pelvis rotated, in addition to low back pain, the length of both feet may also be inconsistent.
In short, almost all chronic and difficult diseases can find a correlation with the crest.
The basic factors that constitute herniated disc are crestal damage, disc degeneration and mental stress, etc. The predisposing factors are not yet conclusive, but some of them are related to it.
1, crestal structural factors: crestal strain, disc degeneration, crestal deformity including migrated vertebrae, crestal scoliosis and asymmetrical direction of small articular protrusions, etc.
2, mental stress factors: A. age, 30-50 years old has the highest incidence, and high work intensity, mental stress is more white-collar or executive family people are prone to intervertebral disc degeneration; B. height, more than the average height of men and women prone to disease; C. gender, the incidence of men than women.
3. Genetic factors: 32% of cases have a positive family history. In patients with positive family history, the relative risk of lumbar disc herniation before the age of 21 is estimated to be 5 times higher.
4.Occupational factors: Drivers, IT engineers, news media have the highest prevalence rate, and the incidence of heavy physical labor is also high, and people who work long hours in bending are prone to disc rupture and herniation at an early stage.
5, trauma factors: A. Acute injury, children and adolescents with lumbar synostosis and acute trauma related. B. Sports, strenuous exercise and intervertebral disc degeneration related.
6, smoking factors: smokers than non-smokers increased the risk of disc herniation by 50%.
7, diabetes factor: mainly affects the arteries around the disc, reducing blood flow and metabolism, which eventually leads to disc tissue rupture.
8, pregnancy factors: compensatory lumbar lordosis increases the stress on the disc.
9, habit factors: in daily life, many people are used to standing or sitting in a relaxed state, the most common are bowed waist, hunchback, stretched legs, etc.. Such a posture over time will change the normal curvature of the crestal vertebrae, leading to the occurrence of cervical spondylosis, disc herniation and other pathologies.
After lumbar disc herniation about 90% of patients have different degrees of functional crestal scoliosis, most convex to the affected side, a few convex to the healthy side, mainly the relationship between the protrusion and the nerve root. Lateral bending relaxes the nerve root and reduces pain. If the protrusion is anterolateral to the nerve root, the crest is convex to the affected side; if the protrusion is medial to the nerve root, the crest is convex to the healthy side. Lateral bending is a protective measure to reduce the compression of the nerve root by the protrusion.