Subluxation is an essential entity of traumatic subaxial cervical spinal injuries. There is a varying degree of slippage of the body of one vertebra relative to the adjacent vertebra, owing to ligamentous injury and the jumped facets, with therefore a high predisposition for injury to the spinal cord.
Anterior subluxation (hyperflexion sprain) is localized, purely ligamentous disruption of the cervical spine caused by a limited flexion force. When associated with a simple wedge fraction, also a flexion injury, anterior subluxation may be the more significant lesion.
ICD-10 Code for Spinal instabilities, cervical region- M53. 2X2- Codify by AAPC.
Atlantoaxial subluxation is usually asymptomatic but may cause vague neck pain, occipital headache, or occasionally intermittent (and potentially fatal) cervical spinal cord compression.
Dislocation is injury to a joint that causes adjoining bones to no longer touch each other. Subluxation is a minor or incomplete dislocation in which the joint surfaces still touch but are not in normal relation to each other.
The nerves in your C5 affect your dermatomes, areas of skin that indicate nerve root pathways, allowing for bicep, elbow and shoulder movement. Any tingling, difficulty with motion or numbness in these regions could indicate a C5 subluxation.
Cervical instability is an orthopedic condition characterized in part by hypermobility of the cervical vertebrae. In patients with cervical instability, these neck vertebrae are able to move beyond their normal range of motion due to ligaments that have become loose or overly stretched out.
Dorsopathy – a group of diseases of the spine and paravertebral tissues. The main causes of this disease is the increased load on the spine, impaired nutrition and blood supply to the vertebrae and tissues, as well as shocks, falls from a height on the spine or legs and other injuries.
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Subluxations are caused by accidents, falls, sports injuries, birth stress and other trauma or by bad posture or even emotional stress. Infants and children need to have their spines checked by a doctor of chiropractic as neurological and other health problems have been traced to spinal damage at birth or infancy.
If your atlas and axis shift off of the center of your spine, your head and neck will become misaligned, which can cause interference to the normal flow of your nervous system. This interference or irritation is called upper cervical subluxation.
A subluxation is usually defined as a partial or incomplete dislocation.