Help with curve definitions

[JessicaNoVa]

I'm still very new to all of this. I've attached my daughter's x-ray and was hoping someone could help me define the type(s) of curve. Thoracic, lumbar, etc...

Thanks for any help.

Jessica

[Gryffindor]

The top curve is Cervical (neck).
A middle curve is Thorasic (upper back).
A lower curve is Lumbar (lower back).

[JessicaNoVa]

Thanks! For some reason I thought there was more to it than that.

[LindaRacine]

I don't think there's a cervical curve, but I could be wrong. One can't see the first 2-3 cervical vertebrae. I think it's a thoracolumbar curve.

[Gryffindor]

I don't think there's a cervical curve, but I could be wrong. One can't see the first 2-3 cervical vertebrae. I think it's a thoracolumbar curve.

I agree by looking at the x-ray. But, there appears to be degrees of curvature notations at the 3 locations notated on the x-ray itself.

[LindaRacine]

Thanks. I actually didn't see the top curve degree notation. I've only had a minimal amount of training, but if one uses the method I was taught, the distal vertebra for the top curve would be T4 instead of T5.

I admit, however, that I could be totally incorrect. Scoliosis specialists have a lot more training than I have.

--Linda