How do you treat scoliosis?!
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Hope you're ready for this..I got diagnosed when I was 26 by a doc at Johns Hopkins, one of the BEST medical hospitals in the country. They said steel rod in the spinal column (i have scoli, too). I said NO. I am now 44 and there are no painful symptoms..the only problem is that you will BEND over in old age. Scoli has NO symptoms, but will make you uncomfortable as you get older. 1 out of 5 females have it. I suggest you wait until it's necessary. My hubbby is a doc that attended Johns Hopkins. You're answer lies within you. If you're young, I would wait, like me, but if you're older, you can live with or without it..it's only curvature of the spine...in other words, you'll be a hunch-back at 70.
Me, I'm 44 and fine, doc's just like to make money and cut people up in my book. It's been 15 years and I'm fine, no pain. Scoliosis has no pain, just deforms you later...it's a privare decision.
I said NO. It wasn't necessary at my age. Back surgery can damage you so I'd say wait till you really need it. If at all.
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want b to.get rid of it ?
really shelly's right.don't treat it.cause yr tryn to remedy something that isn't there if yr ready for this.here it is.look at yr fingers..the middle one is bent or has been broken.right..look at yr toesmiddle toe index toe and ring toe..if we sat together and i held them..youd feel it in yr back..and they would start to straighten.this works great with a partner..but you can do this yrself.if you find everything you've done with yr v hands involved yr back.you can see that any action left uncompleted left an old pattern or memory in the muscles.that may have influenced the diaphragm and shortnd yr breathing.lots of people in tyhe last few years have problems there from dust chemicals in the air.especially pesticides..this is why stretching and things like tai chi can help.i work with fingers and toes.if you hold each joint with yr other hand..for two to five minutes.if it takes ten so what..yr gettn rid of stuck areas.then hold those middle fingers so gently in the palm of yr hands.don't fall asleep.just rest.you'll feel something.i won't tell you what..but when it happns.you'll know..i'll watch this question and if your doin this..make a comment.now once ya got this workn..here's a bonus..that helps everything in between.if you sit up as straight and relaxed as possible.push yr bottem lip up to the top lip until it rolls the top lip up to the nosedo this twenty+ times without straining..stop.now i'm going to try to say this without being nasty , silly , orpolitical---when you go to poop or pee..there are groups of muscles in the front and the back that you can feel when yr finished making a contribution..these also connect up the spine and overlap others that come front to back and back to front.try this on the potty first contract the back ones a few times..then the front ones..they may only work for now together.later try sitting up n with knees to chest and do the front and back ones seperately.you can also do these now laying down.what i'm telling you is tis it works..i have even worked with people with birth defects..and i love it..no booze no drugs no harmful after effects..just you and health..nice just eh?
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go for it baybe ps i ain't and never will be a medical doc.if you need one..i don't know if you'll find one on yahoo q and a's..TA EDISON.the DR of the future will prescribe no drugs or medication.but interest the patient in the care of the humane body..step into the future?
first of all go see a doctor about your problem. when i was 12 i was diagnosed as having scoliosis and they said if i didn't get the surgery to put rods on my spine i wouldn't be here today. the way my spine was bending i would have basically suffocated had they not done the surgery.
I wore a brace that was supposed to fix mine at 14 and it didn't. When the brace came off for good the scoliosis came back.
I am 53 now and although it is pretty severe it does not bother me unless I have to stand a long time. I have found that by taking a once a week yoga class for the past four years I am without any pain at all. If I miss a few classes I get some mild back pain.
So there is no good treatment. Glad I never had surgury. That can cuase pain after a while, but if mine had been worse I would have had it. No one knows I have mine because the S curve is so balanced so that I am not deformed looking.
But in some really bad cases surgury is a great thing.
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