Risser Stage and Scoliosis Progression Risk
Risser Stage and Scoliosis Progression Risk
Part of the focus of childhood scoliosis treatment is counteracting progression. Growth is the main trigger for progression, so how …
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Weight Training With Scoliosis: Is It Safe?
Weight Training With Scoliosis: Is It Safe?
No weight lifting should be attempted before having the activity cleared by a patient’s scoliosis treatment provider. The more severe …
Thoracic Scoliosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Thoracic Scoliosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
There are many different types of scoliosis with unique causes, symptoms, rates of progression, and treatment needs. Scoliosis causes the …
Does Mild Scoliosis Cause Pain? Key Factors Explained
Does Mild Scoliosis Cause Pain? Key Factors Explained
Diagnosing scoliosis should include a comprehensive assessment that determines a number of key scoliosis/patient variables. Scoliosis pain can involve the …
Can Scoliosis Affect the Heart? What to Watch For
Can Scoliosis Affect the Heart? What to Watch For
Scoliosis symptoms can vary widely and are shaped by a number of factors. While cardiac issues aren’t considered a primary …
What Is Considered Severe Scoliosis? A Clear Guide
What Is Considered Severe Scoliosis? A Clear Guide
Scoliosis severity is determined by curve size and treatment plans are crafted in response. A number of measurements are taken …
What Should I Avoid If I Have Scoliosis?
What Should I Avoid If I Have Scoliosis?
While no two cases of scoliosis are the same, there are certain activities and lifestyle factors that may need to …
What Parents Should Know About Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis
What Parents Should Know About Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis
Juvenile scoliosis is idiopathic, but we know it’s growth that makes it progress, and we understand the importance of early …
Can Scoliosis Cause Sciatica? What to Know
Can Scoliosis Cause Sciatica? What to Know
Sciatica refers to symptoms of pain and discomfort felt along the sciatic nerve’s pathway. Lumbar scoliosis in adults is the …
Treatment for Scoliosis Without Surgery: What Works?
Treatment for Scoliosis Without Surgery: What Works?
Evidence-based nonsurgical scoliosis treatment includes scoliosis-specific rehabilitative exercise, corrective bracing, and the potential of Chiropractic BioPhysics® as an adjunctive treatment. …
Does Scoliosis Go Away? What You Need to Know
Does Scoliosis Go Away? What You Need to Know
The majority of scoliosis cases are progressive, and the main trigger for progression is growth, so most cases of childhood …
How to Sleep with Scoliosis: Best Positions & Tips
How to Sleep with Scoliosis: Best Positions & Tips
Scoliosis causes the spine to curve and rotate unnaturally, and common effects include postural changes, mobility changes, and pain. While …
Dextroscoliosis of the Thoracic Spine: What You Should Know
Dextroscoliosis of the Thoracic Spine: What You Should Know
Scoliosis ranges widely in severity, and there are also different types with a variety of curve patterns. A comprehensive initial …
Rotoscoliosis: What Is It and Why the Twist Matters
Rotoscoliosis: What Is It and Why the Twist Matters
Scoliosis severity is determined by a measurement known as Cobb angle that’s based on curve size, but a patient’s angle …
Adult vs Teen Scoliosis Pain Symptoms Explained
Adult vs Teen Scoliosis Pain Symptoms Explained
In addition to pain, scoliosis can cause postural changes and disruptions to balance, coordination, and gait. There are a number …
Spondylosis vs Spondylolisthesis: What’s the Difference?
Spondylosis vs Spondylolisthesis: What’s the Difference?
Like the rest of the body, the spine will experience degenerative changes with age and the cumulative effect of lifestyle …
Disc Desiccation: What It Means on Your MRI Report
Disc Desiccation: What It Means on Your MRI Report
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive diagnostic tool that captures high-resolution 3-dimensional images of an area in question, including …
Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease: What It Really Means
Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease: What It Really Means
The spine’s intervertebral discs shape overall spinal health in a number of ways. Most degenerative changes in the spine start …
15 Interesting Facts About Scoliosis You Should Know
15 Interesting Facts About Scoliosis You Should Know
Current estimates have close to seven million people living with scoliosis in the United States alone. While there are no …
Why the Spine Is So Important: A Simple Guide to Back Health
Why the Spine Is So Important: A Simple Guide to Back Health
Spinal health can be shaped by a number of lifestyle choices and factors; preserving its health and function involves maintaining …
Harrington Rods: Long-Term Effects & Modern Options
Harrington Rods: Long-Term Effects & Modern Options
Spinal fusion surgery has the goal of stopping progression. Harrington rods revolutionized spinal fusion surgery in the mid-20th century, but …
Hyperlordosis: Causes, Symptoms & Spine Treatment Guide
Hyperlordosis: Causes, Symptoms & Spine Treatment Guide
Lordosis refers to an inward spinal curve, and while there is a healthy range of lordosis, if a person’s lordosis …
Retrolisthesis: Causes, Symptoms & Spine Treatment Guide
Retrolisthesis: Causes, Symptoms & Spine Treatment Guide
Retrolisthesis causes a vertebra to slip backwards onto the vertebral body below. Vertebrae that aren’t stacked on top of one …
How Many People Have Scoliosis? Key Numbers You Should Know
How Many People Have Scoliosis? Key Numbers You Should Know
Scoliosis causes the spine to develop an unnatural lateral spinal curvature that rotates, and while most people have heard of …