Episode 19: What Is The Main Cause Of Scoliosis?

The biggest percentage of Scoliosis cases is something called Idiopathic Scoliosis which means the cause is completely unknown.

There are many theories on what causes Scoliosis such as:

• Hormonal factors
• Toxic factors
• Environmental factors
• Genetic theories

Scoliosis is a multifactorial problem and there are many reasons why a patient can develop this. There will always be another factor involved, not just solely based on hormonal or toxic or even familiar factors.

But when it comes to the spinal cord, which really talks about one of the main influences, we do believe the neurological system is being stressed physically at length.

What causing this is debatable.

If we think of it as a neurological symptom or response to an underlying factor, then the body is doing it in a way to protect itself.

The thing is whatever caused Scoliosis, once the curve starts, the cause may resolve itself but the curve will stay.

There are cases of Scoliosis we know what the cause is such as:

• Neuromuscular
• Congenital
• Traumatic 

A syndrome has many symptoms associated with one category and therefore each department reaches a category of symptoms as normally treated individually by their specialists.

But when it comes to Scoliosis, understanding the cause may not influence your treatment at all because by the time we diagnose it, the curve is already structural.

For more information, please check Dr. Tony Nalda’s podcast below.

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