OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of Pilates with regard to the degree of scoliosis, flexibility and pain. METHOD: The study included 31 female students divided into two groups: a control group (CG = 11), which had no therapeutic intervention, and an experimental group (EG = 20), which underwent Pilates-based therapy. We used radiological goniometry measurements to assess the degree [...]
Newly Released Scoliosis Book Touts Non-Surgical Whole Body Approach
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April 13, 2012 Grand Blanc, MI – When most people think of non-surgical scoliosis treatment, they usually talk about bracing around the torso, or performing activities like massage, yoga, stretching, or craniosacral therapy. Now, a local chiropractor has published a book highlighting the a new scoliosis treatment called ARC3D Therapy. The book, titled “Scoliosis and [...]
The metabolic basis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: 2011 report of the “metabolic” workgroup of the Fondation Yves Cotrel.
Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review is to elucidate the metabolic processes involved in the pathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in light of research by the present authors as well as current literature. METHODS: Pathogenetic mechanisms involved in AIS were modeled as (a) a form of neuromuscular scoliosis (in conjunction with an adverse [...]
Brace treatment resulting in overcorrection of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Brace treatment for idiopathic scoliosis in skeletally immature children is the only effective nonoperative modality for the control of curve progression. The Charleston bending brace is a custom-molded spinal orthosis that holds the patient in a completely corrected or overcorrected position while worn at night.A 9-year-old girl presented with 10° right upper thoracic and 7° [...]
Scoliosis Bracing Causes More Emotional Stress Than the Scoliosis Itself
In a study out this month, researchers interviewed a group of patients with idiopathic scoliosis ages 10-17, as well as their parents, to assess the amount of added emotional stress imposed by scoliosis brace treatment. In both the parents and the patients, bracing tended to increase their emotional stress more than simply having the scoliosis. [...]
Decreased sleep duration: A risk of progression of degenerative lumbar scoliosis.
Degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) is a spinal deformity that develops after skeletal maturity with a Cobb angle of more than 10° in the coronal plane. As the life expectancy of our population increases, DLS becomes a prevalent health issue affecting the quality of life of the elderly. The degree of the scoliosis curvature affects not [...]
Does hormone replacement therapy prevent adult-onset scoliosis?
In a new study published in the European Spine Journal, researchers wanted to see if hormone deficiencies were a triggering event for adult degenerative scoliosis, a condition that commonly occurs in postmenopausal women. It is thought that menopausal hormone changes affect bone density, which sets off a cascade of events that leads to degenerative scoliosis. [...]
Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 21 to 41 Years Later
Abstract ABSTRACT: Study Design. A case control study. Objective. To determine the clinical outcome of middle-aged patients surgically treated for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and compare their outcomes to assessments of age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Summary of Background Data. Several long-term follow-up studies have been published on the clinical outcomes of surgical treatment for adolescent [...]
What Other Docs are Saying About the TornadoSuit
NEW Scoliosis Reduction Treatment: The Tornado Suit, not another brace. By drsidchiro Researching the latest technologies in scoliosis treatments, I met with Dr. Mark Morningstar, the creator of the scoliosis Tornado Suit, last weekend in Michigan. Dr. Morningstar differentiates, “The [scoliosis] tornado suit is NOT a [scoliosis] brace; it is an [scoliosis] activity suit…” [...]
