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Back Pain
— Pain felt in the low or upper back. There are many causes of back pain. Pain in the low back can relate to the bony lumbar spine, discs between the vertebrae, ligaments around the spine and discs, spinal cord and nerves, muscles of the low back, internal organs of the pelvis and abdomen, and the skin covering the lumbar area.
Pain in the upper back can also be a result of disorders of the aorta, chest tumors, and inflammation of the spine.
Bilateral
— Pertaining to both sides of the body or structure.
Biomechanics
— The application of mechanical laws to living structures.
Bladder
— Any pouch or other flexible enclosure that can hold liquids or gases but usually refers to the hollow organ in the lower abdomen that stores urine -- the urinary bladder. The kidneys filter waste from the blood and produce urine, which enters the bladder through two tubes called ureters. Urine leaves the bladder through another tube, the urethra. In women, the urethra is a short tube that opens just in front of the vagina. In men, it is longer, passing through the prostate gland and then the penis. Infection of the bladder is called cystitis.
Blocks/blocking
— Wedge-shaped devices used by SOT practitioners to raise one or both sides of the pelvis into a healthier pattern for better support of the spine and head.
Brain Stem
— The "primitive" and oldest area of the brain.
Breast Caner
— There are two important aspects in breast-cancer prevention: early detection and risk reduction. Screening may identify early noninvasive cancers and allow treatment before they become invasive or identify invasive cancers at an early treatable stage. But screening does not, per se, prevent cancer. Breast-cancer prevention really must be understood as risk reduction. In extremely high-risk patients, such as those who have BRCA mutations, risk reduction may involve prophylactic surgical removal of the breasts and ovaries. For the average patient, lifestyle modifications (diet, exercise, weight-loss, etc.) may be easily recommended and have many other benefits. For patients who have an increased risk based on other factors, the use of hormone-blocking agents, in addition to the usual lifestyle recommendations, may also be considered.
Brest Self Examination
— Breast self-examination and breast examinations by your doctor
- All women over age 20 should perform breast self-examination monthly.
- Those over age 40 should also have annual breast examinations by their doctors.
- Those younger than 40 years can have breast examinations by their doctors every three years.
- For women with higher than normal risk, a good program would include monthly breast self-examination and twice-yearly focused physician examination. Any palpable changes in the breasts require further evaluation with mammography and ultrasound.
Breast Surgery Reduction
— Surgical reduction of breast size in order to reduce the weight of the breasts and relieve symptoms from unusually large, pendulous breasts. The surgical procedure is also known as reduction mammaplasty.
Bursitis
— Inflammation of a bursa (eg. knee and shoulder), which is a fluid-filled sac situated where friction would otherwise develop.
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