Yoga-Therapy and Osteochondrosis, or Why Treat the Spine?

Adolf Loos, Karl Kraus and Ludwig Witgenstein

Neurospine, 2020

Neurospine journal, 2020

Spine surgery historically has been a neglected part of neurosurgery. The contribution of orthopedic spine surgeons towards many fundamental disorders and surgical techniques is a substantial part of spine surgery. This includes spinal fixation, trauma, and deformity correction. Neurosurgeons' contributions to spine surgery are significant in microsurgery, minimally invasive surgery, cervical approaches, and fixation techniques. The recent trend is to use the term "Neurospine," and journals and societies with this name increase. This study outlines spinal neurosurgery's current condition in different countries, especially national and international societies. A brief history of spinal neurosurgery is described.

The foundation of the human body, the spine presents several characteristics that imply in everyday and sports practice. This structure, besides having ligaments and muscles, is also part of the nervous system, due to the presence of the spinal cord in this region, so there is a great risk when it comes to limb mobility when there is some type of severe spinal injury. The maintenance of the health of this structure is of fundamental importance for the athletic longevity of athletes and quality of life of non-athletes. The objective of the present study was to review important points related to the anatomical constitution, biomechanical and kinesiological aspects of the spine, besides highlighting important points related to causes of spinal dysfunctions such as: scoliosis, disk hernias and lumbago, Characteristics of acute injury processes suffered by the spine during work activities and during the practice of physical activity, also showing some ways of preventing and treating injuries in this structure. We used articles in the database: Scielo, Pubmed and SciencDirect resulting in a total of 22 articles used to produce this paper. Knowledge of the issues related to the morphology, kinetics and kinematics of the spine is of fundamental importance for professionals working with human movement.

European Spine Journal, 2003

2022

The foundations of ancient rational medicine were laid by Hippocrates, His works, principles and teachings are composed and compiled under Corpus Hippocraticum. He has inspired countless debates in all fields of medicine including basic medical sciences. In his treaties, he has adopted the practical approach to the descriptions of the human body and the diseases associated. He has made contribution to the medical literature and medical education through his observations and clinical studies. This genius physician also was the first to deal with the anatomy of human spine. In his books, he provides a precise description of a segments and the normal curves of the spine, the structure of the vertebrae, the tendons attached to them, the blood supply to the spine, and even its anatomic relations to adjacent vessels. In the current work we have gathered the anatomy extracts on the topographic and functional anatomy of the Spine. We found that Hippocrates, described fairly, the basic struc...

Chiropractic History, 2024

The author obtained a typed manuscript by A.E. Homewood copyrighted February 1954, which appears to be an early prototype of Homewood's1963 book, The Neurodynamics of the Vertebral Subluxation. The manuscript of 29 pages is a dissertation similar to Homewood's 1963 book ; however, it contains no information of or references to D.D. Palmer, the founder of chiropractic. his article outlines how in 1954 Homewood obtained a copy of Palmer's1910 book, The Chiropractor's Adjuster, and became so enthused with Palmer's ideas and writing that Palmer's input was then added to Homewood's thinking on the topic of subluxation. When the 1963 book was written, it was expanded to include many of Palmer's thoughts and quotes and today has become an important reference for the chiropractic profession. After Homewood read Palmer's book, he typed out another 73 pages which contained 514 of Palmer's quotes. Homewood incorporated 68 of these quotes when he wrote the 1963 book. The author describes the provenance of the manuscript obtained in 1974 from the library of the late Harold W.F. Beasley of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2005

Journal of Chiropractic Humanities, 2018

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to review and discuss the history of chiropractic vertebral subluxation (CVS) between the years 1916 and 1927. Discussion: Theories during this period were shaped by many chiropractic school leaders and instructors. Unique contributions to theories during this period come primarily from 4 authors, John Craven, Jim Drain, Shelby Riley, and Ralph Stephenson. This period included the first thermographic instrumentation in chiropractic, which led to one of Craven's modifications of CVS theory. He also added to the literature about spinal cord pressure and developed the restoration cycle. Drain and Stephenson also expanded on the cord pressure models of CVS. Drain wrote, in plain language, of many central B. J. Palmer theories and developed protocols for acute and chronic CVS. Stephenson made several contributions to models, including his expansion on B. J. Palmer's theory of momentum of disease. Stephenson's main contribution to theory was likely his vertemere cycle, which was a precursor to proprioceptive models. Riley's combination of Gregory's theories with zone therapy had a significant impact on several reflex theories. Conclusion: Chiropractic vertebral subluxation theory during this period grew in complexity and demonstrated several new perspectives on CVS, which may be still relevant today.

Neurospine

This review paper will give a brief history of the spine surgery, and especially make remarks on the history of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Spine Committee. The history of spine surgery may be traced back to Egyptians. The description of fracture of cervical spine resulting in paralysis of the limbs due to accidents is found in Egyptian Papyrus (1550 BC). 1 One thousand years later, Hippocrates (460-377 BC) documented a precise method for treating spinal fractures. This was followed by postural reduction of the kyphotic deformity developing late because of fractures. 2,3 Sir Percival Pott (1778) described opening of tuberculous paravertebral abscess and draining the cavity. 4 Until Lister (1882-1912) introduced antisepsis in the surgical procedures, 5 infection was the main issue responsible for the slow progress of the spinal surgery. The removal of disc tissue by doing laminectomy was advocated by Dandy (1890-1968) in the United States. The first laminectomy took place in 1829. When Alban Gilpin Smith did the laminectomy in a patient with an old fracture, the patient recovered from progressive paresis in 1888. 6 The beginning of successful spinal surgeries began when operations were done in aseptic conditions under general anesthesia. Harvey Cushing operated on a patient with cauda equina syndrome. 7 The exploration was negative, but the patient had improved. By 1932, the first operation carrying a preoperative diagnosis of a ruptured intervertebral disc was carried out by Mixter, a neurosurgeon, and Barr, an orthopedic surgeon. 8 A laminectomy from L2-S1 was done on a 28-year-old patient. A one cm mass was removed (sequestrated L4-L5 disc) with complete resolution of sciatica. In 1938, Love described intralaminar extradural approach to remove the disc. 9,10 This can be considered as the beginning of minimally invasive spine surgery using intralaminar approach. Dr. R.B. Cloward, a neurosurgeon, always believed that following removal of intervertebral disc, interbody fusion should be done to achieve good long-term results, and he advocated vertebral body fusion. 11 In 1958, Cloward described an anterior cervical spine approach for removal of the disc followed by interbody fusion, which is now the most common approach. 12 The approach was also independently reported by Smith Robinson, an orthopedic surgeon. 13 Cloward has approached the spine from the right side while Robinson approached it from the left side. The much needed biomechanical understanding of the functioning of the spine was provided by White et al.