Scoliosis Surgery

Only Rare, Life-threatening Scoliosis Justifies Surgery

Scoliosis is serious. It affects you or your child both physiologically and psychologically. But it is rarely life-threatening, unlike the surgeries to correct spinal deformity. At the ScoliSMART™ clinics, we don’t offer a cure or a quick fix. But we do offer realistic hope and non-surgical treatment that works. We can stop scoliosis progression, reduce …

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Exercises Target the Root of Scoliosis

Although we don’t know the exact causes of idiopathic scoliosis, research does show that miscommunication between the brain and body causes its progression. The postural control centers in the brain should create automatic responses and send out a signal that the body is not balanced, but they don’t. We use patented scoliosis equipment and exercises …

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Neuromuscular Retraining is a Better Alternative with Lifelong Results

Scoliosis surgery is not medically necessary in the vast majority of cases. Scoliosis is only life threatening if a child younger than five years old has severe spinal deformation. When the lungs are not fully developed, there is a rare possibility that scoliosis could cause the heart to stop (cor pulmonale). Most experts agree that …

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Scoliosis Treatment: Recent Improvements & Alternative Options

Spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis also has a long history of complication and failure. The surgery has advanced and yet two thirds of patients have complications. A scoliosis curve isn’t life-threatening and people with a curve often live without pain. American Family Physician has stated that “there is no difference in the prevalence of back …

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