Sentences with phrase «lumbar kyphosis»

The secret to Neanderthals» better back health is apparently a combination of heavier musculature supporting their spines and lumbar kyphosis, a reverse curvature of the lower spine that, in our species, is considered abnormal.

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Often kyphosis is accompanied by other postural condition — lordosis — lower back (lumbar vertebrae) is excessively curved tilting pelvis forward.

As the heavy head slowly drops forward and down, the scapulae externally rotate and protract, increasing thoracic kyphosis and flattening of lumbar lordosis.

However, the optimal spine curvatures are between 30 - 35 degrees for the lumbar lordosis and the same for the thoracic kyphosis and cervical lordosis (Chek 2001).

A healthy spine has neutral curves in the sagittal plane that offset each other, called kyphosis in the thoracic spine or lordosis in the lumbar area.

The spine has natural curves — the thoracic backwards with kyphosis and the lumbar forward with lordosis.