Episode 13: How To Fix Scoliosis Without Surgery

Based on all current knowledge, scoliosis can not be fully corrected, even if people use that term or others such as "fixed" or "cured" when referring to their scoliosis. What we can do though, is manage the scoliosis by reducing the curve using conservative treatment methods.

The traditional approach to scoliosis treatment is not proactive, and the approach is just to "watch and wait" until the risk of the scoliosis is higher than the risk of scoliosis surgery, which is an invasive treatment. Only when it reaches 40 degrees or more action is taken, and that is usually spinal fusion surgery.

Some of the risks of spinal fusion are:

• Poor healing
• Infection
• Rejection of the rods
• Blod clots
• Limited flexibility
• Long recovery time
• Bleeding
• Possible future surgery
• Failed hardware
• Fusion extension surgery
• and more...

Dealing with your scoliosis proactively with a conservative approach is preferred to dealing with invasive surgery and all its risks.

This approach not only deals with the pain, if there is any, it also addresses the structural problem of scoliosis. A successful conservative approach is multimodal. It combines different approaches and treatments such as exercises, rehabilitation, chiropractic care, corrective bracing, vibration, and lots of other therapies to get the benefits of each one to manage better and reduce the patient's scoliosis.

The proactive management prevents scoliosis from snowballing and progressing into adolescence or snowballing into adulthood, as it happens because of the effect of gravity over time in the spine.

When looking at scoliosis management, we know we can't fix or cure it no matter what options you choose, but the more you manage your scoliosis, the fewer issues you are to experience with it later in life.

If patients choose to manage scoliosis with chiropractic care, therapy, bracing, and other rehabilitation techniques used in the conservative proactive approach, the spine will maintain its use and normal function.

Once you fuse the spine, it will be straight, but it loses its function since it can no longer move. The traditional approach leads to surgery. The conservative approach, being proactive, helps keep the curve down addresses the progression, and patients do not need to deal with the risks of surgery.

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