SPONDILOLYSTEMIS (WAIST SLIPPED) TREATMENT
It is the forward shift or displacement of the upper vertebra from the two adjacent vertebrae relative to the lower vertebra.
Findings:
– Back and leg pain
– In the legs that increase with walking and cause it to stop and collapse at a certain distance development of pain and cramps
Conservative treatment ;
In conservative treatment; Restriction of some movements, analgesic-anti-inflammatory drugs, local injections, electrotherapy, massage, hot application, exercise and corset can be applied.
Surgical treatment;
Patients with progressive neurological losses (nerve weakness) – Patients whose complaints do not go away despite drug therapy and physical therapy – Patients with posture and gait disturbances are operated.
Goals of Treatment:
To relieve back and leg pain, to prevent the progression of slippage, to stabilize the unstable (floating) segment, and to correct posture and balance.
Treatments
In treatment, the pinched nerves are released and the vertebrae with slippage are fixed with screws (platinum).
