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Duffins Vol 7 Iss 2.Indd Volume 7 Issue 2 Newsletter March ~ April 2012 Pain in the Neck Sarah Burke, Peyton Manning, Sidney Crosby IN THIS ISSUE Pain in the Neck - Burke Page 1 eck injuries have made the underwent surgery to repair a ruptured Brain Teaser Page 1 Nheadlines in several different vertebral artery in her neck but later Peyton Manning Page 2 succumbed to her injuries. The Funny Bone Page 2 areas of sport over the past few Sidney Crosby Page 2,3 months. According to the Bone and vertebral artery is a major supplier of Mental Environmental Page 3 Joint Decade Task Force on Neck blood to the brain and her death was Nutrition Corner Page 4 Pain, most people will experience neck due to the lack of blood fl ow to the Brain Teaser answers Page 4 pain at some time in their life but for brain during her cardiac arrest. Most the majority of those, the neck pain felt it was a freak accident and not due won’t be severely limiting. It is also to any underlying extreme risk in her interesting to note that the same study sport or the particular venue. It was reported that 50 to 85% of those people the same Half-pipe, however, that was experiencing neck pain will not get the scene of another serious traumatic complete resolution of their symptoms brain injury to snowboarder Kevin and will experience neck pain again Pearce. Pearce, a Vermont native, within 1 to 5 years. Athletes are not was an Olympic hopeful for the 2010 immune to the travails of neck injuries Olympics in Vancouver and oft rival to and neck pain and unfortunately some the eventual gold medallist American can have devastating results. Shaun White. He is no longer able to compete in his event due to the injury Sarah Burke – Freestyle Skier and its sequelae. Brain Teaser Vertebral Artery Dissection The vertebral arteries (left and right) Sarah Burke, the 29 year old Midland branch off of their respective subclavian Ontario native, was a pioneer freestyle arteries. The subclavian arteries What are the next skier that gave a face and a voice branch off the arch of the aorta in close to Women’s Half-pipe. She had proximity to the carotid arteries. The 3 numbers in the successfully lobbied to have the Half- vertebral arteries pass through a hole in following sequence? pipe event become an Olympic event the transverse processes of the vertebrae starting with the Sochi Olympics in as they make their way to the brainstem Russia in 2014. through the large hole in the bottom of the skull (foramen magnum). The left 12, 23, 35, 47, Unfortunately, she would not live to and right vertebral arteries unite to form see the results of her hard work. On the basilar artery that supplies blood to 511, 613, 717, January 10, 2012, Burke was training the brainstem and becomes part of the at a sponsor’s event in Park City, Utah Circle of Willis a complex of arteries 819, #, #, # when she hit her head during a trick, that can supply a large area of the brain. one that she had done many times The brainstem is a very important and previously. Burke went into cardiac primitive area of the brain that controls arrest within minutes and had to be breathing, heartbeat and blood pressure. (Hint: think prime numbers) airlifted to hospital. The next day she A reptiles’ entire brain resembles our brainstem. Page 2 March: Neck Pain Continued from page 1 The It is suggested that when Ms. Burke decompression. Once the disc is Funnybone ruptured her vertebral artery that caused removed a bone graft is placed between her to have an intracranial bleed in turn the two vertebrae and the patient is asked John decided to go skiing with his causing her cardiac arrest. The lack of to refrain from any heavy activities in buddy, Keith. They loaded up John’s blood fl ow and thus oxygen to her brain order to allow the bone graft to set and minivan and headed north but got caught in a terrible blizzard. They caused irreversible brain damage and to eventually fuse the two vertebrae pulled into a nearby farm and asked ultimately caused her death. together as it heals. In some cases, the the attractive lady who answered the front of the two vertebrae is bracketed door if they could spend the night. Peyton Manning together using metal rods, screws or hooks in order to further stabilize the Indianapolis Colts ‘I realize it’s terrible weather out Quarterback area. Once the fusion is healed there there and I have this huge house all to Neck Fusion Surgery will be limited to no movement in myself, but I’m recently widowed,’ she the fused segment which can lead to explained. ‘I’m afraid the neighbours Peyton Manning, the older brother to premature arthritic changes in the spine will talk if I let you stay in my house.’ Eli Manning (the current Superbowl above and below the graft. Most of MVP), holds the record for most the range of motion of the neck comes ‘Don’t worry,’ John said. ‘We’ll be happy NFL MVP awards with four. He also from the upper segments closer to the to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we’ll be gone at fi rst light.’ The holds numerous NFL and Indianapolis skull but Manning can expect to have some reduced motion which may be lady agreed, and the two men found passing records and has won the their way to the barn and settled in for Superbowl himself in 2006. Manning dangerous with a 300 lb. defensive lineman trying to pummel you into the the night. Come morning, the weather missed all of the 2011 season due to a had cleared, and they got on their way. neck injury that caused him problems ground! They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing. throwing the ball due weakness in the triceps brachii, the large muscle in the The point of the surgery is the removal of the disc. If the disc has a bulge in it But about nine months later, John got upper back of the arm. an unexpected letter from an attorney. It and the bulge is pushing on the nerve took him a few minutes to fi gure it out, Manning had surgery in May 2011 exiting the spinal canal there can be but he fi nally determined that it was from to hopefully correct the underlying weakness in the arm. This, however, the attorney of that attractive widow he problem in his neck that was causing does not guarantee that the triceps and Keith had met on the ski weekend. this weakness but the surgery was not weakness will be eliminated so the successful and a second surgery in recovery to full strength in the shoulder John dropped in on his friend Keith to September 2011 had to be undertaken. is still unknown. If the surgeons found ask a few questions. The second surgery was reportedly an the root of the problem then hopefully ‘Keith, do you remember that good- anterior cervical fusion of the C6 and Manning can return to his previous MVP level. looking widow from the farm we stayed C7 vertebrae. The cervical spine or at on our ski holiday up north about neck has seven vertebrae that begin 9 months ago?’ He replied he did. under the skull and end at the fi rst Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh thoracic vertebrae in the upper back. Penguins Hockey Player ‘Did you happen to get up in the middle The vertebrae are labelled from the top Swelling in upper of the night, go up to the house and down thus the fusion occurred between cervical spine/ pay her a visit?’ A little embarrassed the two lowest cervical vertebrae in the Concussion to be found out he replied that he had. neck. Ahh, the enigma that is concussion ‘And did you happen to give her my The surgery is called an anterior fusion continues to rear its ugly head for poor name instead of telling her your name?’ because the surgeon enters the neck Sidney Crosby. Crosby’s travails have Keith’s face turned beet red and he from the front. A small incision is made been well documented since the hit by replied that he had. He apologized then at the level of the disc between the two David Steckel during the Winter Classic added ‘Why do you ask?’ vertebrae and the disc is removed. This versus Washington in 2011. is known as a discectomy or surgical ‘She just died and left me everything.’ April: Neck Pain Page 3 Continued from page 2 The Penguins star was assessed by tried to run with a video camera you see experiences as they try and return from an independent neurological spine how bumpy it actually is to do that. Our a concussion. specialist, a Dr. Robert Bray, in Los neck and eyes, however, work together Angeles in January 2012. Dr. Bray’s so that when we run the bumpiness is So while Sidney Crosby’s contributions imaging and assessment revealed a gone or limited. From an evolutionary to hockey have been extensive, his neck injury to be the suggested cause standpoint, this interconnection has lasting legacy may be in the area of of his symptoms and someone involved allowed us to survive and evolve. It is concussion and its potential cause to be in the new assessment suggested that also well documented in the literature from the cervical spine.
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