Can Scoliosis Affect Your Heart? Understanding the Risks

Can Scoliosis Affect Your Heart? Understanding the Risks

The most common symptoms of scoliosis include asymmetrical posture and back pain. Postural changes are the earliest signs of childhood scoliosis, and it’s most often back and radiating pain that leads to an adult’s diagnosis. Cases most likely to impact cardiac function are severe and/or atypical types of scoliosis. Scoliosis mainly affects the spine, but … Read more

Scoliosis and Breathing Problems: Causes and Symptoms

Scoliosis and Breathing Problems: Causes and Symptoms

Scoliosis can affect people differently, but common symptoms involve postural and mobility changes, and pain. Breathing problems aren’t common in mild and moderate cases and are more closely associated with severe cases; preventing increasing symptom severity is a benefit of proactive treatment. Scoliosis develops in the spine, but its effects can be widespread, particularly if … Read more

Structural vs Functional Scoliosis: Key Differences

Structural vs Functional Scoliosis: Key Differences

There are a number of conditions that affect the spine by causing an unnatural spinal curve to develop, but scoliosis has a number of unique characteristics. In order to be diagnosed as structural scoliosis, the spine has to bend unnaturally to the side and rotate, making it 3-dimensional. If the spine’s unnatural curve is nonstructural … Read more

Structural vs Functional Scoliosis: Key Differences

Structural vs Functional Scoliosis: Key Differences

There are a number of conditions that affect the spine by causing an unnatural spinal curve to develop, but scoliosis has a number of unique characteristics. In order to be diagnosed as structural scoliosis, the spine has to bend unnaturally to the side and rotate, making it 3-dimensional. If the spine’s unnatural curve is nonstructural … 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

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