Anatomy
These are the bony structures that protect the spinal cord
What are vertebrae?
This is a modality of treatment where the spine is put back into alignment.
What is chiropractic?
This is the name when the annulus of a disc presses against the lining of a disc
What is a disc bulge?
This injury occurs when the brain impacts the inside of the skull
What is a concussion?
This is when the connective tissue of the body is torn, even microscopically.
What is a sprain?
These are the squishy objects that allow movement and flexibility of the spine.
What are discs?
A modality of treatment where muscles are strengthened to protect injured body parts
What is physical therapy?
This is the name when the annulus of a disc partially exits the wall of the spinal disc.
What is a disc protrusion?
These are the three grades of traumatic brain injury
What are mild, moderate, and severe?
This is when the muscle tissue in the body is torn, even microscopically.
What is a strain?
The material inside a spinal disc.
What is an annulus?
This method of treatment involves unblocking clogged meridians to permit the body to heal itself
What is acupuncture?
This is the name when the annulus of a disc fully exits the disc itself.
What is a disc extrusion?
These include dizziness, cognition problems, headaches, nausea, light sensitivity, confusion, and mood disturbances.
What are concussion symptoms?
This is a way of minimizing inflammation after a strain/sprain injury without the use of medication.
What is heat or ice?
This is the longest bone in the human body.
What is a femur?
This treatment uses liquid medication to reduce inflammation to an injured body part
What are epidural steroid injections?
This is the name of the bony material that grows over inflammation around the spinal discs over an extend period of time, suggesting a pre-existing degenerative condition.
What are osteophytes?
This type of provider, though not a medical doctor, can address cognition and memory problems in a TBI patient.
Who are neuropsychologists or speech pathologists?
This is the name of the material that grows over the injury site of a strain/sprain.
What is scar tissue?
This type of joint allows the body to pivot and move freely through space, in a number of directions. Examples include the shoulder and the hip joint.
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
This is abbreviated as NSAIDs
What are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs?
This is the official name of pre-existing injury to the spinal disc.
What is degenerative disc disease (DDD)?
This is the approximate percentage of concussions/mTBIs that are not missed by doctors in the ER
What is 56 percent?
This is the approximate time someone can suffer strain/sprain injury before a neurological injury is suspected.
What is 6 months?