Dolegliwości bólowe odcinka lędźwiowo-krzyżowego kręgosłupa u pracowników szczecińskich uczelni – anatomia funkcjonalna, diagnostyka, wybrane formy fizjoterapii

ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate the occurrence of lumbosacral ailments in workers of Szczecin universities who are patients of the Physiotherapy Clinic of the Independent Public University Hospital of High Schools in Szczecin. The paper focuses on the issues relating to functional anatomy, pathomechanism of pain development in the lumbosacral spine, its diagnostics, as well as the most frequently chosen forms of treatment, with particular attention to physiotherapy. These issues form an introduction to a series of reports developed on the basis of the results obtained during a 2-year study conducted on the employees of Szczecin Universities diagnosed with changes in the lower part of the spine. This study highlights the following disorders: changes in lumbar curvature (published in the Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences) and disorders of the sacroiliac joints, degenerative changes, intervertebral disc damage, piriformis syndrome, as well as obesity, which will be discussed in more detail in subsequent reports.