These pictures above are from our office files show a cervical curve restoration
from 74% loss of curve to 36% in one month (36 year old)
One component which is lacking in nearly all forms of conventional and alternative scoliosis treatment today: The effect of the cervical spine on the scoliotic spine; it's role in determining spinal pathology, gait, stance, and overall posture.
These pictures above are from our office files show a reversed lumbar lordosis
corrected in 2 months (27 years old)
The next step may be to reduce or eliminate pelvic rotation
These pictures above are from our office files show how correcting the pelvic rotation can
eliminate the apparent short leg from 18 mm to 7 mm (both films taken standing)
Only then can the actual scoliosis reduction be maintained
These pictures above show a lumbar curve reduced
from 15 to 11 in 8 weeks (10 year old)
These pictures above show a scoliosis reduced
from 28 to 19 in one month (30 year old)
One component which is lacking in nearly all forms of conventional and alternative scoliosis treatment today: The effect of the cervical spine on the scoliotic spine; it's role in determining spinal pathology, gait, stance, and overall posture.
Precision x-rays are mandatory; an upper neck flexion malposition will be observed most readily with lateral cervical views in neutral, flexion, and extension. Follow-up x-rays should be performed roughly every three months as objective proof of improvement; should the patient's progress plateau or regress, additional rehabilitation or alterations to the protocol may be required.
Obviously thoracic and lumbar views are necessary to measure the Cobb angle, but stay away from full-spine views!
The rate of distortion is too high to allow for consistency and accuracy when comparing measurements between pre- and post- x-rays.
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The Physics of Scoliosis- Understanding why the curve in the neck plays a major role in causing scoliosis
Balance and proprioception play an important role in the rehabilitation of the scoliotic patient. A neurological short leg will always be found at first; this imbalance should be corrected with specific spinal adjustments. Once the patient is balanced, proprioceptive retraining exercises can be prescribed to maintain the correction. One method of reducing forward head posture and retraining postural muscles is deceptively simple: by blocking the superior half of the lens on a pair of glasses, and instructing the patient to wear them for at least twenty minutes, the postural muscles of the neck are retrained to better hold the cervical lordosis in place. Various spinal weights may be placed on the head and/or hips to activate the weakened postural muscles. Also, whole-body vibration therapy (WBV) has been scientifically proven to be extremely effective at proprioceptive re-education. Do NOT make the mistake of trying to "push" a scoliosis out of the spine! This type of adjustment is foreign to the body, and will be resisted. Most scoliosis braces are ineffective or even harmful because they do exactly this. A scoliotic spine must be visualized and corrected three-dimensionally; the lateral curve will not reduce until the spine has been de-compressed and de-rotated. Adjusting the apex of the curve, will inevitably make the situation worse. Traction — pulling — is far more effective because it is a subtler, gentler force, and one that is less readily resisted by the body.
