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Adult Scoliosis Treatment

What is Scoliosis?

Idiopathic scoliosis is a lifetime, systemic[1] condition of unknown cause. Scoliosis is a disease of the neuromusculoskeletal system. Most common in adolescent girls, it is progressive, psychologically detrimental and can cause both increased pain and increased physical disfigurement as it progresses.

Adult Scoliosis Treatment

Is there non-surgical treatment for scoliosis?

The standard ‘Medical Model’ is one of ‘wait and see’. What that means is the physician, usually an orthopedic surgeon, will simply re-xray a scoliosis patient, starting from either juvenile, adolescent or adult curvatures, periodically, until such time as the curve reaches 25 degrees or greater. At that point a hard brace known as a ‘Boston Brace’ which is worn almost all the time can be prescribed. This can also have deleterious physical and psychological overtones for the patient, especially younger patients, and therefore compliance is a factor.

If continued progression is observed, surgical treatment for scoliosis is the traditional medical procedure. Whether the standard Harrington Rod is surgically implanted or the newer laser surgeries are performed, both are maximally invasive and results are spotty. Research states "the initial average loss of spinal correction post-surgery is 3.2 degrees in the first year and 6.5 degrees after two years with continued loss of 1.0 degrees per year throughout life".[2]

The average pre-operative scoliosis curvature is 72 degrees, while the post operative surgical treatment for scoliosis results in an unimpressive 44 degrees which then continues to deteriorate each year thereafter. Drs. Woggon and Lawrence concluded that 44 percent of scoliosis bracing attempts are considered failures because they do not cease the scoliosis development.[3] It is also known that upper middle class children wore the prescribed brace not more than 10% of the recommended time thereby negating any potential benefits. Scoliosis surgery also does nothing for the rib hump deformity.

Unsuccessful alternative non-medical scoliosis treatments include:

  • stand alone craniosacral treatments for scoliosis
  • various alterations to shoes, including insertion of shoe lifts
  • soft braces worn 23 hours per day, which have no proven track record for adult scoliosis correction and difficult compliance with juvenile scoliosis (Dr. Hersh's own daughter would not wear the brace, she was a teenager at the time.)

Natural alternative scoliosis treatment is available in the Northeast at the ‘Scoliosis Correction Center of New England’ located centrally in Hartford, Connecticut. Email us at: ScoliosisCorrection@gmail.com

In this natural scoliosis treatment we utilize the latest non-invasive chiropractic procedures consisting of:

  • specific spinal adjustments
  • rehabilitative procedures
  • specific isometric exercises
  • proprioceptive neuromuscular re-education
  • cervical and lumbar lordosis restoration (a vital correction for success in removing the progressive scoliosis)
  • muscle and ligament rehabilitation
  • vibration therapy

Vibration Therapy, is a non-medical scoliosis treatment, via the use of a ‘Vibrating Scoliosis Traction Chair and Vibrating Platform’ are used to override the body’s proprioceptive defenses.

Because the scoliotic spine compresses and rotates three-dimensionally, it must be tractioned and de-rotated in order for it to correct.

Remarkable results were found utilizing these procedures in a retrospective study done by Morningstar, Woggon, and Lawrence.[5]19 patients with scoliosis ranging from 15 to 52 degree Cobb angles (the angle which measures the degree of curvature of the spine) were monitored. Following the course of treatment, patients exhibited an average reduction of 62% or 17 degree Cobb Angle. Eight out of 19 patients were no longer classified as scoliotic. The therapy takes a fraction of the 23 hours per day a patient typically wears the brace.

So, if you ask-- "are there any treatments of scoliosis that are non-medical, non-invasive, avoid long term bracing whether soft bracing or hard bracing?" the answer is: yes there are new breakthroughs in chiropractic and alternative scoliosis treatment of and for scoliosis...

[1] Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: natural history and long term treatment effects; Asher, Burton; Scoliosis 2006, 1:2
[2] Misonceptions about scoliosis:D. Garnecki; Scoliosis mentoring program
[5] BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders; Sept. 14, 2004.

Cobb Angle: Males vs. Females

For curves less than 10° the female/male ratio is essentially equal.
Rogala EJ, Drummond DS, Gurr J. Scoliosis: incidence and natural history. A prospective epidemiological study. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1978; 60(2):173-176

In larger curves the ratio increases to 8:1 but reverses again to 1:1 in curves greater than 30°.
Bunnell WP. The natural history of idiopathic scoliosis. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1988;(229):20-25.

 

Our Mission:

It is our mission to correct scoliosis non-invasively and to educate our patients in self-care to prevent unnecessary scoliosis surgery and deformity.

Adult Scoliosis Treatment

Our doctor is happy to assist you with any questions you may have. He is available to discuss your case by telephone or you may email us at ScoliosisCorrection@gmail.com with any questions you may have.

Adult Scoliosis Treatment

Telephone: 860-499-0433 or 860-727-8820

Postal address: 105 Hungerford St., Hartford, CT 06106

Electronic mail : General Information: ScoliosisCorrection@gmail.com

 

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