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Facts
About
Scoliosis
cornwellclinic.com
SCOLIOSIS IS A DISORDER THAT
CAUSES THE SPINE OR BACKBONE
TO CURVE SIDEWAYS IN AN S OR C SHAPE.
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
CAN HAVE SCOLIOSIS.
THE CAUSE
OF SCOLIOSIS
IN MOST PEOPLE IS
NOT
CURRENTLY KNOWN.
SCOLIOSIS IS
EITHER CLASSIFIED AS
STRUCTURAL, WHICH IS
WHEN THE SPINE HAS A
FIXED CURVE, AND
NON-STRUCTURAL,
WHICH IS WHEN THE
SPINE HAS ONLY A
TEMPORARY CURVE TO IT.
SCOLIOSIS IS
DIAGNOSED USING A
MEDICAL AND
FAMILY HISTORY
AS WELL AS
PERFORMING A
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
AND A SERIES OF TESTS.
THE TREATMENT FOR
SCOLIOSIS VARIES
DEPENDING ON THE
AGE OF THE PATIENT,
THE TYPE OF SCOLIOSIS,
THE DEGREE AND
PATTERN OF THE CURVE,
AND HOW MUCH MORE
THE PATIENT IS
LIKELY TO GROW.
BRACING
IS SOMETIMES
NECESSARY
TO PREVENT
SCOLIOSIS FROM
GETTING WORSE.
SURGERY IS ALSO
AN OPTION THAT CAN
SOMETIMES PREVENT
SCOLIOSIS FROM
WORSENING. THE
PROCEDURE CONSISTS OF
FUSING TWO OR
MORE BONES
TOGETHER IN THE SPINE.
WHILE EXERCISE HAS
NOT BEEN SHOWN
TO HELP PREVENT
SCOLIOSIS FROM
GETTING WORSE,
IT IS STILL IMPORTANT
FOR THOSE WITH
THIS CONDITION TO
EXERCISE REGULARLY.
RESEARCHERS ARE
CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR
POSSIBLE CAUSES OF SCOLIOSIS
BECAUSE NOT MUCH
IS KNOWN ABOUT IT.

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