What Is Scoliosis Physical Therapy?

Scoliosis in adolescents is a disease whose main manifestation is that a certain segment of the spine is permanently deviated from the centerline of the body, causing the spine to project sideways into an arc or "S" shape.

Adolescent scoliosis

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Adolescent scoliosis is a segment of the spine

Definition of technical terms

Chinese name: Scoliosis

English name: scoliosis

Definition: Applied discipline:

For adolescent patients with significant scoliosis, it can be found that the shoulder blades on both sides have heights that are not in the same plane. Girls have asymmetric breast development and the left breast is often larger; one side has a raised back; the other has waist folds ; One hip is higher than the other; The lower limbs on both sides are not the same length. Girls wearing skirts can have asymmetry on both sides of the skirt.

Back is asymmetric. Physical examination revealed scoliosis, an "S" shape, and a limited bulge on one side of the back. Scoliosis of the spine can cause severe asymmetry of the back of the thorax or waist, and may have razor back and thorax deformity. The lighter can be checked by the forward flexion test, which is an important method for diagnosing idiopathic scoliosis. The examinee stands with both hands bent forward, and the examiner observes whether the sides of his back are symmetrical. With scoliosis, the sides of the back are asymmetric.

Some scoliosis is congenital, and some scoliosis is acquired. Congenital scoliosis is mainly inherited or caused by some factors in the mother. Then the causes of congenital scoliosis can be roughly divided into the following categories:

1. Scoliosis caused by imbalance of muscle tension due to polio, neurofibromas, syringomyelia, and cerebral palsy. The younger the patient is, the more severe the deformity is.

2. Suffering from purulent or tuberculous pleurisy in young age, suffering from excessive thickening of pleural pleura and contracture; or thoracoplasty in childhood, disturbing the balance of spine during development. Can cause scoliosis.

3. Osteoporotic Scoliosis: Deformation of osteoporotic vertebrae results in unequal vertebral spaces, which can cause spinal curvature.

4, malnourished scoliosis: scoliosis can also occur in children with rickets due to vitamin D deficiency.

5, caused by some incorrect posture, often found in school-age children. This type of spinal flexion deformity is not serious. When the patient lies flat or hangs with the horizontal bar with both hands, the deformity can disappear automatically.

Western medicine treatment

Western medicine generally adopts surgical treatment. For adolescent patients with mild scoliosis, traditional Chinese medicine can adopt manual reduction, traction, and brace fixation. Manipulative reduction has the effect of stripping ligament adhesions, improving muscle nutrition, strengthening muscle metabolism, and strengthening muscle elasticity. It can pass through the vitality, improve blood circulation, and soften soft tissues and ligaments. Traction: The vertebral space can be enlarged to make the adhered tissues peeled off to achieve the purpose of reduction. Fixation of the brace: After traction, the necessary brace is used to force the restored spine to be stable without retraction and to expand the vertebral space.

Chinese treatment

You can also use the "Bone Gathering and Collateral Therapy" in Chinese medicine. This therapy combines traditional Chinese medicine externally and internally. Concentration, repair and improve adolescent scoliosis, at the same time, dredge the meridians, improve local blood circulation, accelerate the metabolism of local cells and tissue fluids, restore the balance of the spine's stress, and achieve the goal of reducing the pain and restoring spinal function . Treatment according to the course can fundamentally treat adolescent scoliosis.