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Treatment Options for Your Child
Non-invasive Treatment Options for Your Child Doctors have used scoliosis braces for over 450 years…
Retraining the Brain
Retraining the Brain Corrects the Miscommunication The good news is that neuromuscular retraining exercises can…
Curve Progression
Additional Factors Lead to Curve Progression Weak muscles don’t lead to scoliosis curve progression, either….
Brain/Muscle Miscommunication
A Spinal Curve is just the Symptom of Brain/Muscle Miscommunication Most cases of scoliosis are…
Customized Treatment to Help Your Adult Scoliosis
Weight-bearing exercises can reverse adult scoliosis regardless of the cause or nutritional factors. You may…
Declining Bone Density Causes Adult Scoliosis
Declining bone density is a major factor in adult scoliosis. It’s essential that you find…
Research Finds that Degenerative Scoliosis is Very Common
Chronic pain and limited function are two common signs of scoliosis in adults. You may…
Early Intervention
The Best Opportunity for Spinal Correction No one knows exactly why this coil down effect…
Why Progression Skyrockets in Curves Over 30 Degrees
Untreated, scoliosis often progresses to 45 degrees or more, which is when doctors start recommending…
Exercises Don’t Look Like Gym Class
Auto Response Training Exercises Don’t Look Like Gym Class The exercises that stimulate subconscious automatic…
Creating New Habits of Posture
Why is this important? Because most scoliosis cases are idiopathic (of unknown cause), yet their…
Only Involuntary Exercises Stop Scoliosis Progression
Another serious issue with scoliosis bracing is that bones cannot grow properly without intermittent pressure….
Improve Brain-Muscle Communication
Avoid Braces and Surgery with Improved Brain-Muscle Communication ScoliSMART™ scoliosis exercises help you or your…
Only Rare, Life-threatening Scoliosis Justifies Surgery
Scoliosis is serious. It affects you or your child both physiologically and psychologically. But it…
The History of Scoliosis Surgery Failures
The history of scoliosis surgery is full of failure. The first scoliosis surgery in 1865—the…
Studies Show the Many Risks of Scoliosis Surgery
Various studies show that surgery is riddled with complications. These risks seem inordinate since surgery…
Exercises Target the Root of Scoliosis
Although we don’t know the exact causes of idiopathic scoliosis, research does show that miscommunication…
Non-surgical Scoliosis Treatment Exists
Part of the dilemma is that non-surgical scoliosis treatment information is not readily available. As…
Idiopathic (no known cause) scoliosis is a complex 3 dimensional deformity of the spinal column. Scoliosis occurs in approximately 3-5% of the population and progresses to a treatable level more often in females than males. There are four types of idiopathic scoliosis based on the age when your scoliosis develops:
- Infantile scoliosis: develops from birth to age 3 years of age
- Juvenile scoliosis: develops between the ages of 3-9
- Adolescent scoliosis: develops from age 10 to 18 and is the most common form approximately 80%
- Adult scoliosis: often referred to as degenerative or de novo develops in adulthood
There are other forms of scoliosis that have a known cause such as congenital scoliosis which generally involves deformation of bone and neuromuscular scoliosis where the spinal curvature is a by-product of paralysis or motor control. These forms of scoliosis will not be discussed in the article section and often do not respond to non surgical treatment methods.
There are currently 40,000 scoliosis fusion surgeries performed annually in the United States with an estimated rate of complications of 25%. Our goal is to educate the public in regards to the potential side effect of this highly invasive surgery and to provide solutions for patients who wish to avoid scoliosis surgery. Our doctors are all actively treating scoliosis patients from around the world and we are dedicated to finding a better way, not only to reduce and stabilize existing curvature but also to alleviate pain and dysfunction caused from living with scoliosis as an adult. We are driven by a need to decrease the number of surgeries performed on adolescent children and feel one of the best ways to start this is by education.
