August 2018

C5 – Why you need to wear your brace for 23 hours a day

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C5 There are 7 cervical vertebrae, and the progression to bigger and stronger bones continues……. And before we get to the serious stuff: Allotment news (see my preamble in C1): we think the badgers have got in and demolished most of our sweetcorn. We are VERY upset as the first cobs were almost ready, […]

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C4 – A short post about surgery (the good and the bad)

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C4 As we progress down the vertebral column, the shape of each vertebra changes gradually, both is size and shape – apart from anything else, they get bigger and more bulky, so their function changes too. C4 is noticeably bigger than C1 with a vertebral body which carries the disc that separates the individual

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