As the Adult Scoliosis Spine Ages, The Spine and Its Supporting Ligaments Begin to Degenerate, Your Vertebrae begin to Shift to the Side… This is Called a Lateral Listhesis. Should you be Concerned About the Likelihood of Postural Collapse? Degenerative or de novo scoliosis is the Adult Scoliosis that is a sideways distortion of the … Read more
Jessica Ashwood currently holds the Australian record for both the 400m and 800m freestyle. Jessica was diagnosed in her early teens with a severe S-shaped scoliosis. She has forgone both scoliosis surgery and scoliosis bracing because both treatments would end her career. Her S-curve creates a challenge as it affects her balance both in and … Read more
How Common is Adolescent Scoliosis Revision Surgery? A study published last month in Spine (a peer-reviewed medical journal) outlined the risks for re-operation and revision surgeries after Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery. The study looked at 1,435 patients from 12 different hospitals during the years 1995-2006. 80% of the patients included in the study were female with … Read more
Lamar Gant – World Record Powerlifter There’s a common misconception that scoliosis is caused by weakness. That if the person merely worked out or strengthened this “weaker” side of the body their scoliosis would disappear. This is simply not true for idiopathic scoliosis and demonstrates a basic misunderstanding of the condition. Though the exact cause … Read more
Can Planking Cure Scoliosis? A 2 year old study has lead to some internet buzz about an “Ancient Therapy” that can improve your scoliosis. So what is this ancient therapy that holds the promise to at least alleviating your scoliosis? One study demonstrated that for the six million people in the United States who suffer … Read more
How Do You Know if You Have Scoliosis? In many states school screening for scoliosis is mandatory once a year for all students, but the effectiveness of this approach is still to be determined as many cases of scoliosis remain undiagnosed until the scoliosis progresses to the point of necessary intervention. If you’ve never had … Read more
Scoliosis Awareness Month FREE BOOK Giveaway (Winners!) The winners of Dr. Strauss’ new book: Your Child Has Scoliosis – Now What do you do? Winners of the hard copies: Antigoni Fred Phyllis Eva Sonto CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS!!! Remaining entrants will receive a digital editors copy. All winners will be contacted by email. Dr. Strauss wrote a new book and … Read more
An article published in the June 2012 Scoliosis followed 40 patients with Adolescent Idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who underwent surgical fusion with rods and hooks. Surprisingly, researchers only found a post-operative improvement of less than 50%. A further surprise, after a 5 year follow-up the average loss of correction was almost another 10% suggesting the initial … Read more
ScoliScore No Longer Available – What became of the Genetic Test? ScoliScore AIS Prognostic Test was a genetic test, which analyzed the DNA of patients who are diagnosed with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. The test was purported to show the likelihood of spinal curve progression to distinguish between patients who are likely to progress to a … Read more
Adolescent Idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is named so because the cause of the scoliosis is unknown. Adolescent children (predominantly girls) begin life with straight spines and over a few months develop scoliotic spine with no changes in lifestyle, diet, and overall health. Early stage idiopathic scoliosis patients’ vertebrae, muscles, ligaments, and discs all appear normal and … Read more
Is There a Conflict of Interest? Do orthopedists fail to suggest early-intervention or alternative scoliosis treatments because of a conflict of interest? Why do orthopedists discourage alternative scoliosis treatments even if patients show improvement from them? The medical approach to scoliosis treatment is to watch and wait, brace and then operate. During the “wait and … Read more
The shoes we wear can have a bottom-up effect on our knees, hips, back, and neck. So should you avoid wearing high heels if you have scoliosis?