Scoliosis

SCOLIOSIS

IT'S A SIDEWAYS CURVATURE OF THE SPINE. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CURVATURE STRUCTURAL AND NON-STRUCTURAL SCOLIOSIS.

STRUCTURAL SCOLIOSIS IS A PERMANENT DEFORMITY. AND NON-STRUCTURAL SCOLIOSIS IS MOBILE AND TRANSIENT.

IT'S A LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE. THIS IS CALLED THE PRIMARY CURVE. THE SPINE ABOVE AND BELOW THE PRIMARY CURVE UNDERGOES COMPENSATORY CURVES TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE. LATERAL ROTATION OF THE VERTEBRAE ALSO OCCURS.

TREATMENT

TREATMENT CONSISTS OF OPERATIVE AND NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT.

NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT CONSISTS OF EXERCISE AND BRACES.