Clinic Larsa

Diagnosis of osteochondrosis
The doctor begins by collecting complaints and anamnesis (family, life and disease), which analyzes the presence of predisposition, external and internal risk factors, the relationship of symptoms and the progression of the lesion.

The review consists of:
neuroorthopedic, during which the static and dynamic functions of the spine are assessed (posture, the presence of scoliosis, muscle tone and range of motion of the intervertebral joints and limbs);
neurological - determination of reflex and compression vertebrogenic syndromes, motor and sensory functions, quality of tissue trophism.
The simplest and most accessible instrumental diagnostic method for osteochondrosis of any spine (cervical, thoracic or lumbar) are non-contrast and contrast (discography, venospondylography) x-ray studies that reveal narrowing of the intervertebral discs, the level of hernial protrusion, the state of the vessels. A little less often, more informative magnetic resonance imaging is used, with which you can accurately assess the degree of damage to the intervertebral disc, the size of the hernia, the presence of compression of the spinal cord, roots, and surrounding tissues. If MRI is contraindicated, it is replaced by computed tomography, which determines the state of the vertebrae themselves, the spinal canal, and calcification of the ligaments.