Thoracic Kyphosis: Normal, Hyperkyphosis & Hypokyphosis

Thoracic Kyphosis: Normal, Hyperkyphosis & Hypokyphosis

As the body’s main structural support, the spine plays a number of key roles in overall health. For healthy movement patterns and posture to protecting important organs and the spinal cord within, the spine’s healthy curves are key. Kyphosis is a type of spinal curvature that curves outwards in a reverse C-shape, when viewed from … Read more

Thoracic Kyphosis: Normal, Hyperkyphosis & Hypokyphosis

Thoracic Kyphosis: Normal, Hyperkyphosis & Hypokyphosis

As the body’s main structural support, the spine plays a number of key roles in overall health. For healthy movement patterns and posture to protecting important organs and the spinal cord within, the spine’s healthy curves are key. Kyphosis is a type of spinal curvature that curves outwards in a reverse C-shape, when viewed from … Read more

Lordosis Explained: Normal vs. Abnormal Spinal Curves

Lordosis Explained: Normal vs. Abnormal Spinal Curves

The spine’s healthy curves are important; they make the spine stronger and less vulnerable to injury, more flexible with a wider range of motion, and better able to handle daily stress. The loss of a healthy spinal curvature can affect the spine and body in a number of ways. Lordosis is an inward curve of … Read more

Lordosis Explained: Normal vs. Abnormal Spinal Curves

Lordosis Explained: Normal vs. Abnormal Spinal Curves

The spine’s healthy curves are important; they make the spine stronger and less vulnerable to injury, more flexible with a wider range of motion, and better able to handle daily stress. The loss of a healthy spinal curvature can affect the spine and body in a number of ways. Lordosis is an inward curve of … Read more

Understanding the Risks of Untreated Scoliosis

Understanding the Risks of Untreated Scoliosis

Scoliosis is progressive, so its nature is to get more severe over time, but in many cases, it’s highly treatable. When it comes to the timing of treatment, early detection and proactive treatment has a number of benefits. The dangers of leaving scoliosis untreated include progression, increasing effects, and developing potential complications such as breathing … Read more

Understanding the Risks of Untreated Scoliosis

Understanding the Risks of Untreated Scoliosis

Scoliosis is progressive, so its nature is to get more severe over time, but in many cases, it’s highly treatable. When it comes to the timing of treatment, early detection and proactive treatment has a number of benefits. The dangers of leaving scoliosis untreated include progression, increasing effects, and developing potential complications such as breathing … Read more

Can Scoliosis Be Caused by Bad Posture?

Can Scoliosis Be Caused by Bad Posture?

The spine plays many key roles in overall health, including facilitating the ability to stand upright and practice healthy posture. Scoliosis causes the spine to bend unnaturally to the side and rotate, and its main visual effect is disrupting the body’s postural symmetry. Body posture and spinal health are closely connected. Bad posture alone doesn’t … Read more

Scoliosis Severity: Effects and Treatment Options

Scoliosis Severity: Effects and Treatment Options

Scoliosis is an unnatural lateral spinal curvature, but its effects can be felt throughout the body. The more severe scoliosis is, the more noticeable its effects are likely to be. If left untreated, complications can develop, but when treated proactively, scoliosis can be highly treatable. Scoliosis severity is mainly determined by the size of the … Read more

Understanding the Signs and Symptoms of Scoliosis

Understanding the Signs and Symptoms of Scoliosis

Understanding the signs and symptoms of scoliosis can lead to early diagnosis and intervention. There are never treatment guarantees, but when scoliosis is diagnosed while mild and treated proactively, it can be highly responsive and treatable. The early signs of scoliosis can be subtle. In children, the earliest symptoms of scoliosis include uneven shoulders and … Read more

Scoliosis: When to Treat for Optimal Health and Well-Being

Scoliosis: When to Treat for Optimal Health and Well-Being

No two scoliosis cases are the same. Scoliosis can range widely in severity, affect all ages, and progress at different rates, but a shared factor among different severity levels and age groups is the more scoliosis progresses, the more challenging it can be to treat. In addition, the more scoliosis progresses, the more it can … Read more