Visiting scoliosis

Early prevention is essential for children with scoliosis. This is also the reason why Mr. Ye Huiyang launched the Taiwanese soft manipulation course of Teenagers'Spinal Scoliosis. Although scoliosis affects more than 7 million people in the United States, accounting for about 3% of the total population, there are still many shortcomings in scoliosis screening. Less than half of the states require schools to screen for scoliosis, and the tests they do can only be detected when the scoliosis develops to 30 degrees, making it almost impossible to identify early scoliosis.

This is too late for early intervention. Effective scoliosis treatments include: retraining the brain to correct spinal alignment; and through subtle exercises, children can build new subconscious muscle memories and autonomous habits to support a more straight spine. Before the curvature reaches 20 degrees, children can reduce the curvature to less than 10 degrees through neuromuscular retraining.

As school screening often fails to detect early warning signs of scoliosis, the burden of early prevention falls on parents. If you are concerned about your child's risk of scoliosis, consider doing a home scoliosis test. The following groups are more at risk of scoliosis:

• Children aged 8 to 14

• Girls are eight times more likely to have scoliosis than boys.

• Slender people

• Children whose parents or siblings have scoliosis

When doing home scoliosis screening, you and your child need to take the following steps:

Doctors and school nurses usually use this simple test method. The way to do this is to have your child stand with his arms straight, palms facing each other, and then bend forward as if to touch his toes. We examine the back from the back and front to see if there is any sign of asymmetry.

• Is one rib higher than the other?

• Is the lower back uneven?

• Does one hip look taller than the other?

Posture change is one of the early warning signals of scoliosis, which often occurs before the curvature of the spine changes. When the spine becomes bent, shoulders, waists and hips tend to become uneven. Let your child stand up straight. We will observe the child's posture from the front, back and side.

Is one shoulder taller than the other?

Is one arm farther from the body?

Is one scapula higher than the other?

Does the buttocks look uneven?

Does the back look too round?

Sometimes changes in posture are difficult to detect, but sometimes children's clothing is the first visible sign of scoliosis. When doing family screening, we can check the children's clothes.

Is the bottom of the dress uneven?

Is one leg lower than the other?

Does one sleeve look longer than the other?