World-renowned surgeons keep on their practice to treating their patients safely, eligible and carefully in the spine surgery field in Turkey.
Continuous medical education, professional development, seriousness, and competency are the main principles for successful spine surgery. Moreover, the secret that lies in successful surgery is teamwork.
The spine of all human beings begins to age at 20s. This is regarded as a natural cycle. For a healthy spine, it is so crucial to be active. Performing weight lifting exercises during youth-hood might delay osteoporosis. Additionally, weight-bearing impact exercises, and/or progressive resistance exercises, can also improve bone health in adults. Maintaining Body Mass Index (BMI) under 25 and strengthen the abdominal and back muscles have a big importance in spine health. Smoking may also affect intervertebral disc degeneration. Because smoking ages the spine early. Pains caused by prolonged use of technological devices such as smartphones and tablets are new gifts of our era. Since prolonged use of those devices has been proved to cause changes in neck proprioception that might lead to spine surgery.
It is necessity to do neck and back exercises to strengthen their spinal cord for the people who sit in a fixed position. It is essential to adopt a correct sitting position to maintain good posture and consequently a healthy back and spine. People can improve their sitting posture by following a few simple guidelines. However, professionals should learn to exercise methods and guidelines. Sports that strain the backbone should be avoided. In this case, swimming can be regarded as the most effective sport.
Additionally, spine surgeons are warning that school bags should not be heavy in order to prevent the deformity in children called scoliosis which causes the pain in the back and shoulders, as they cause spine curvatures.
The Most Common Spine Conditions
Widely known spine diseases are scoliosis, kyphosis, lumbar and neck hernias, lumbar shifts, spinal cord, and spine tumors and posture disorders. The pain caused by these disorders adversely affects the quality of life. Severe scoliosis is accompanied by lung and breathing problems.
The latest spine surgery methods
Today, spine surgery is performed with the minimally invasive method, endoscopic or microsurgery. These methods better protect the structure of the spine than classical open surgery. Moreover, the postoperative period is more comfortable for the patient. Now patients with spine surgery can walk two days later and meet their toilet needs on the third day alone. After spine surgery, people who had poor quality of life due to spine problems get back to their former healthy life. With these treatment methods, patients can live a better quality of life.