Please Help- Questions about the Spine?

Question

1- Subtle signs of a nerve not working properly include:

1-Muscle wasting on the Affected side

2- Muscle wasting on the Opposite side

3- Muscle wasting on Both sides

4- Muscle wasting on Neither sides

2- The most effective exercise for segmental stiffness of L4 & L5 is:

1-rocking knees to chest

2- curl ups

3- reverse curl ups

4- spinal rolling

Please help me, I can't find anything online and my books not helping. Any helpful links would also be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Im studying Chiropractic and i believe the answers are 1.Muscle wasting on Neither sides because if the nerve isnt working properly you would either have sharp shooting pains or numbness with pins and needles.

2. im guessing its rocking knees to chest, but because its asking about segmental it could also be spinal rolling

Answer 2

I AM a chiropractor, and in reality the answer could be any of the above depending on the patient's particular presentation and problem. But, for the most part, the answer to 1 is 1 and the answer to 2 is 3. I am guessing that by "reverse curl ups" you mean the spine curling that you do when you are kneeling on all fours as opposed to lying on your back? If so, this IS the exercise I give people who have lumbar fixations and disc problems.

Answer 3

I'm not 100% sure so maybe you should go with your own answers but I belive it'd be neither or #4 for question #1 and then #1 for question #2.

Thanks what I remember from A&P anyway... good luck!