What is scoliosis?

Scoliosis is a common bone problem. In standing position, the normal alignment of the spine should be symmetrical on the left and right sides of the body, whether viewed from the front or back, and the normal alignment of the spine should be in a straight line from top to bottom.

If you see the spine bending sideways to either side of the body in a standing position, you may have scoliosis, with an asymmetrical gap between the left and right arms and the torso and a higher right shoulder.

However, most scoliosis does not consist of a single plane of left-right incline. It is usually accompanied by rotation of the spine, which often affects the motion of the shoulder blade, resulting in limited motion of the shoulder joint.

What are the affect of scoliosis?

1. Affect the shape and function of the spine: scoliosis leads to spinal deformation, uneven shoulder and back, thoracic deformity, pelvic tilt, long and short legs, poor posture and other abnormal forms, while affecting the range of motion and other functions.

2. Affect physical health: spinal deformation is easy to lead to shoulder and back, waist refractory pain, severe cases even appear nerve damage, nerve compression, limb sensory disorders, lower limb numbness, abnormal bowel and urine symptoms.

3. Affecting cardiopulmonary function: Autopsy results of patients with early onset scoliosis showed that the number of alveoli was lower than normal people, the alveoli were overinflated or atrophied, and the pulmonary artery diameter was much lower than that of their peers.

The thoracic volume of scoliosis patients decreased, and the inspiratory and expiratory thoracic volume was lower than that of the control group.

Scoliosis affects gas exchange, including local ventilation, blood flow, ventilator-blood ratio, and dispersion.

Prone to shortness of breath, panting and other breathing disorders, and affect blood circulation.

4. Affect gastrointestinal system: scoliosis reduces the volume of the abdominal cavity, and the adjustment function of spinal nerves to the viscera is disorder, thus causing inappetence, dyspepsia and other gastrointestinal system reactions.

 

 

In a nutshell: Scoliosis can affect quality of life in mild cases, and can lead to paralysis and even life-threatening cases.

What causes scoliosis?

The majority of scoliosis is unknown, and the majority (80% or more) is clinically idiopathic. There are also congenital scoliosis, neuromuscular scoliosis (e.g. cerebral palsy), and so on.

Idiopathic scoliosis "idiopathic" means that the cause is unknown.

Although we do not know exactly what causes the most common form of scoliosis (80 to 85 percent), we believe that genetic, hormonal, endocrine, growth and development abnormalities, and dysfunctions of the nervous balance system are involved.

Congenital scoliosis:  The term "congenital" refers to a disease that is born with.

Congenital scoliosis begins when the spine develops before birth.

The structure of one or more vertebrae is not fully formed or the vertebrae are not properly segmented.

This type of scoliosis can be accompanied by other diseases, such as malformations of the heart or kidneys.

Neuromuscular scoliosis:  Any disease that affects the nerves and muscles can cause scoliosis, most commonly due to muscle imbalance and loss of muscle strength.

Common neuromuscular disorders that cause scoliosis include cerebral palsy, muscular atrophy, and spinal cord injury.

Modern people playing tablet computers, mobile phones, when the bow, maintain bad posture for a long time, is a common phenomenon, but also cause scoliosis can not be ignored.

Poor posture can cause the muscles and fascia on either side of the spine to pull out of balance, making the muscles tired and stiff.

Over time, poor posture will cause chronic myofascial inflammation, spinal degeneration will be easier, resulting in scoliosis consequences.

How do I know if I have scoliosis?

This is the best and easiest way to test yourself for scoliosis, so you can give it a try.

Ask the patient to stand with feet shoulder-width apart and bend forward with hands clasped. The examiner will examine the patient's back from behind for any asymmetrical protrusions. The higher protrusions are the convex side of the lateral curve.

So how do you correct that?

First you need to determine how severe your scoliosis is, and there are different ways to correct it depending on the severity.

Severe:  If the curvature exceeds 40°, this is severe scoliosis and should be considered for corrective surgery.

After cutting the skin, insert steel nails and orthotics...
 

 

It's horrible...

It was scary to look at this pic, and suddenly there was a chill moment.

Moderate scoliosis, 20 to 40 degrees, is moderate scoliosis, and we can treat it with some rehabilitation training, and we need to use braces to treat it.

Mild, for the side bend of less than 20°, this is mild, so we do not need to wear orthotics, simply through rehabilitation training, can have a certain rehabilitation effect.

Most people should be mild, so focus on the following ways to recover.

Rehabilitation can be divided into three parts, namely, changing the way of breathing, improving bad posture and improving muscle balance.

1, change the way of breathing scoliosis, thoracic deformation, easy to press the heart and lung, cause breathing disorders.

Therefore, lip contraction breathing should be carried out to correct the symptoms of low inspiratory volume in the concave side.

2, improve poor posture poor posture and scoliosis can be cause and effect, and a vicious cycle.

Therefore, to control the development of scoliosis, attention should be paid to the correction of bad posture.

Keep your head straight, don't slouch, and try to avoid crossing your legs for a long time.

3, improve muscle imbalance patients with scoliosis on both sides of the muscle imbalance, can use foam axis, fitness ball, or Pilates action to relax tense muscles, symmetry training, to improve function, relieve symptoms, control the development of the disease.
 

 

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