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Scoliosis
Surgery: the Untold Truth
Scoliosis
Correction questions?
Email:
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Dr. Hersh: 860-499-0433 or 860-727-8820
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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.
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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.
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