• Browning JE

• Open Access Document
• Parasympathetic Nervous System
• Pelvis

Mechanical disorders of the lumbar spine have been given much attention in the literature. Short of an acute cauda equina syndrome, few reports exist detailing the findings and clinical course of patients with pelvic and disorders of bladder, bowel and gynecologic/sexual function of spinal origin. Two uncomplicated representative cases of mechanically induced pelvic pain and organic dysfunction (PPOD) in patients presenting with low back pain are detailed. These patients typically reveal a wide range of individual symptoms and demonstrate clinical features characteristic of a mechanical disorder of the lumbar spine as the cause of their PPOD. The clinical features of the mechanically induced PPOD syndrome are reviewed and the response to distractive decompressive manipulation of the lumbar spine is presented.

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