1. Spinal Curve Abnormalities

2. Abdominal Planes To Help you understand spinal cord curve abnormalities, you need to “see” the planesTo Help you understand spinal cord curve abnormalities, you need to “see” the planes Four PlanesFour Planes –Frontal –Median –Sagittal –Horizontal/Transverse

3. What is Lordosis? What is the common name for it? Excessive curvature in the Median Plane –Hyperconvex curve Swayback

4. What is Kyphosis? What is the common name for it? Excessive curvature in the Median Plane –Hyperconcave curve Hunchback

5. What is Scoliosis? Excessive curvature along the frontal plane –The curve is side-to- side May be just Thorasic, Maybe just Lordodic or it could be in both

6. Scoliosis LordosisKyphosis How does the abnormal curvature of Scoliosis differ from Lordosis/Kyphosis? The curvature goes side-to-side

7. Abdominal Planes