Scoliosis creates a twisting of the spine around its axis. This is caused by lateral bending and rotation of spinal movement patterns. Picture a rubber band being twisted. This twisting causes severe torque that makes the existing spinal curve twist and bend even more. We call this self-feeding loop the “coil-down effect.” We can often see this spinal deformity in your child’s torso or notice a rib hump before the Cobb angle measurement indicates a problem. When treatment begins while the curvature is minimal, we can halt this crankshaft phenomenon and greatly increase the odds of reducing a curve to 10 degrees or less.
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