Lordosis WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Lordosis
Lordosis (commonly referred to as swayback, saddle back, or hyper-lordosis) is a medical term used to describe an inward curvature of a portion of the vertebral column. Common causes of excessive lordosis include tight low back muscles, excessive visceral fat and pregnancy. Lordosis of the lower back may be treated by strengthening the abdominal muscles and hamstrings.... read more at Wikipedia.
Fast Facts:
- Early detection is important.1
- Conditions that can contribute to lordosis include kyphosis, obesity and osteoporosis.2
- Rare in children, but can occur in all ages.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ University of Virginia: Lordosis
- ↑ Cedars-Sinai: Swayback (Lordosis)
- ↑ Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center: Lordosis: Who Gets Hyper-Lordosis?
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Swayback, Saddle Back, Hyper-lordosis, Lordosis in Children, Lordosis Causes, What is lordosis?, Lordosis description
- Last update: Mar. 5, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
