Spinal Disorders

Question 1

What is saddle anaesthesia?

Answer 1

Loss of sensation of buttocks, peroneum and inner thigh surfaces

Question 2

What is cauda equine syndrome?

Answer 2

.Severe type of spinal stenosis where all of the nerves in the lower back suddenly become severely compressed.
Some of the red flags of cauda equina syndrome include bilateral sciatica, bladder dysfunction, tingling or numbness in the saddle area between the legs and around the anus. Alteration of sexual sensation

Question 3

What are the signs of cauda equina syndrome?

Answer 3

Bladder and bowel dysfunction
saddle anaesthesia 
Motor weakness 
Constant pain
History of cancer
Wide spread neurology
Plantar responses - Babinski and clonus

Question 4

What are some spinal pathologies

Answer 4

Spondyloslysis 
Acute disc prolapse
Elderly osteoporotic collapse 
Nerve root entrapment (radiculopathy)
Rheumatological

Question 5

What do degenerative conditions look like?

Answer 5

Often pain free
Load and wear is greater than the repair process
May have a lack of mechanotransduction