Please review the following sections:
Anatomy
Learn about the structure of the healthy spine
Low back pain + Neurologic Signs / Symptoms
Very important, learn how your experience guides imaging / diagnostics to find your problem
Imaging / Diagnostics
Learn how we make a diagnosis and design a treatment plan
List of Lumbosacral Diagnoses
Organized based on anatomy and / or diagnosis type.
1. Intervertebral Disc Disorders
Minor
Annular Tear
Disc Bulge
Disc Height Loss
2. Facet Joint Disorders
Minor
Facet Joint Effusion
Facet Joint Hypertrophy
Facet-Mediated Low Back Pain
3. Spinal Instability Disorders
Minor
Retrolisthesis
Segmental Instability
Spondylolysis (Pars Defect)
4. Spinal Canal & Nerve Compression Disorders
Major
Minor
Epidural lipomatosis
5. Vertebral Disorders
Minor
Benign Vertebral Tumors
Metastatic Spine Tumors
Primary Spine Tumors
Vertebral Osteonecrosis
6. Spinal Deformity
Minor
Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis
Coronal Imbalance
Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis
Flatback Syndrome
Junctional Failure
Junctional Kyphosis
Lumbar Kyphosis
Sagittal Imbalance
7. Spinal Cord, Nerve Root & Dural Disorders
Major
Minor
Arachnoiditis
Lumbar Ependymoma
Lumbar Meningioma
Lumbar Schwannoma
Tarlov Cyst
Tethered Cord Syndrome
8. Region Specific: Sacrum & Sacroiliac Disorders
Major
Minor
Sacral Insufficiency Fracture
Sacral Tumor
Sacroiliac Joint Arthritis
Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Sacroiliac Joint Instability
Traumatic Sacral Fracture
9. Spinal Infections
Minor
Facet Joint Infection
Paraspinal Infection
10. Congenital Disorders
Major
Minor
Congenital Cervical Instability
Congenital Kyphosis
Congenital Scoliosis
Dermal Sinus Tract
Diastematomyelia
Hemivertebra
Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Lipomyelomeningocele
Myelomeningocele
Neurenteric Cyst
Sacral Agenesis
Spina Bifida Occulta
Tethered Cord Syndrome