Episode 20: Scoliosis and Exercise

These are the common questions we get from Scoliosis patients or people who know someone with Scoliosis:

• Is exercise safe?
• Does scoliosis interfere with my ability to do exercise or sports?
• Should I be conscious of what types of exercises I’m doing?
• Can it lead to causing my Scoliosis to progress or get worse?
• Should I be avoiding certain things?

Scoliosis doesn’t necessarily mean that it can limit your ability to be an athlete.

Actually, many athletes right now, have Scoliosis.

Take Usain Bolt, for example, he is the fastest-living human being on the planet but he has lumbar Scoliosis.

Most athletes use functional approaches to try to maintain their Scoliosis and keep it under control.

For Scoliosis patients, it can be challenging if the Scoliosis has progressed to a certain level and hasn’t been managed.

In this podcast, Dr. Tony Nalda talks about the sports and types of exercises you can do if you have Scoliosis and which ones are more appropriate.

He also talks about sports that you have to do with caution.

One thing that he wants to make clear is that there was never a general exercise or even sports that would be considered a treatment for the actual cause of Scoliosis or the progressive nature of Scoliosis.

Another misconception about Scoliosis, some think that they can use Yoga or Pilates to treat it.

Though these are important for patients for general fitness, these are not replacements for therapy or treatment to reduce your Scoliosis in a specific manner.

If you want exercises to deal with your Scoliosis specifically, it needs to be a specific exercise prescribed for your curve type.

What does that mean? 

Somebody with another curve type may not benefit from the same exercise that you do.

So these types of exercises can only be prescribed by a doctor who understands your Scoliosis and has evaluated you properly to make sure that you get the best result by performing the exercise that’s designed to actually reduce the curve.

Please check Dr. Tony Nalda Podcast for more information.

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