Scoliosis Pain Relief

Do you know someone with scoliosis pain?

Chances are you do.

Scoliosis (an S-curve in the spine) affects almost 7 million people in the U.S.  More than 500,000 people visit their doctor each year for evaluation and scoliosis treatment.  The most common age for diagnosis is girls between the ages of 10 and 12 years old.  During this critical time, a child’s body is growing rapidly.

Common Causes of Scoliosis Pain

Although most scoliosis patients do not need surgery,  scoliosis pain (back pain) is often caused by the vertebrae of the spine pinching on the nerves.  In scoliosis patients, the joints along the sharpest bends of the lateral curves often cause pain.    When these joints become locked up or fixated they pinch the nerves running from the spinal column all throughout the body.

Non-Surgical Treatment Options for Scoliosis Pain

Chiropractic Treatment – By restoring motion to the joints, through a chiropractic adjustment, especially along the deepest parts of the lateral curves, chiropractors can reduce the swelling and inflammation.  This can reduce scoliosis pain and allow the patient to live a more normal, active lifestyle.

Physical Therapy – Strengthening and stretching exercises can keep soft tissues and joints limber and strengthen the muscles surrounding the curve.  A good physical therapy treatment schedule can help to reduce scoliosis pain.

Losing Weight – Weight loss through exercise reduces the pressure on all of the joints, and exercise increases flexibility.

Wearing a Brace – In rare cases, some patients experience more severe scoliosis pain.  In these instances, a brace can be worn to reduce the movement causing the pain.  By restricting motion, patients can participate in daily activities without severe scoliosis pain.

Heel Lift – A heel lift inserted into one shoe can help to reduce scoliosis pain for patients with a mild scoliosis curve.  By elevating the leg where a curve makes one leg seem shorter, this simple step can help reduce pain.

These treatments can be done separately or in combination to provide the scoliosis patient with non-surgical scoliosis pain relief and back pain relief.

The 11 Olathe Chiropractors at Fulk Chiropractic specialize in back pain relief, including scoliosis pain.  They provide treatment to Overland Park, Gardner KS, Lenexa, KS as well as Leawood, Shawnee and the entire Kansas City Metro.