Thus the chondrocytes which maintain the disc become deprived of nutrition and die. Secondary osteophytes may cause stenosis for spinal nerves, manifesting as radiculopathy. Causes
Spondylosis is caused from years of constant abnormal pressure, caused by joint subluxation, stress induced by sports, acute and/or repetitive trauma, or poor posture, being placed on the vertebrae and the discs between them. The abnormal stress causes the body to form new bone in order to compensate for the new weight distribution. This abnormal weight bearing from bone displacement will cause spondylosis to occur. Poor postures and loss of the normal spinal curves can lead to spondylosis as well. Spondylosis can affect a person at any age; however, older people are more susceptible. Diagnosis
There are multiple techniques used in the diagnosis of spondylosis, these are;

Cervical Compression Test, a variant of Spurlings test, is performed by laterally flexing the patients head and placing downward pressure on it. Neck or shoulder pain on the ipsilateral side (i.e., the side to which the head is flexed) indicates a positive result for this test. A positive test result is not necessarily a positive result for spondylosis and as such additional testing is required. Lhermitte sign: feeling of electrical shock with patient neck flexion
Reduced range of motion of the neck, the most frequent objective finding on physical examination
MRI and CT scans are helpful for pain diagnosis but generally are not definitive and must be considered together with physical examinations and history. Treatment
Many of the treatments for cervical spondylosis have not been subjected to rigorous, controlled trials.
These figures, however, may not qualify as steatopygian, since they exhibit an angle of approximately 120 degrees between the back and the buttocks, while steatopygia is typically described with an angle of about 90 degrees only.In Victorian England, freak shows were known to have exploited a woman with steatopygia at least once. The most well-known example was a South African Khoikhoi woman named Saartjie Baartman, who is thought to have had lipedema. See also
Female body shape
Feminine beauty ideal

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