Episode 39: Uneven Hips and Scoliosis

Uneven hips or unlevel hips is one of the things that could be associated with Scoliosis.

If you notice that you have some uneven pelvis or even a pelvis that looks rotated, one side more forward and one side more backward, that could be related to Scoliosis. And if you have that, you want to have your spine evaluated.

However, if you have Scoliosis and you have a rotated or unleveled pelvis, it can be helped to help reduce the discrepancy of what you're seeing in the pelvis to help improve the cosmetic impairments and the structural impairments and stability of what we're seeing.

When it comes to Scoliosis, we know there are multiple severities of Scoliosis and classically there are three categories:

• Mild Scoliosis: Between 10 and 25 degrees
• Moderate Scoliosis: Between 25 and 40 degrees
• Severe Scoliosis: 40 to 45 degrees and greater

I also use a fourth category, which is something called very severe Scoliosis.

This is like 80 degrees or greater because we know that's when they're more likely to be some more visceral or functional effects as a result of the Scoliosis. When it comes to looking at visual symptoms of Scoliosis outside of just seeing uneven hips or anything pelvis, what else can you see?

• Uneven shoulders
• Rib hump or rib deformity
• Leg length difference
• A very crooked spine when the person bends forward

These visual symptoms can be corrected, but they can only be improved or reduced if the Scoliosis itself is reduced. If you're just treating the symptoms of Scoliosis, that means if you're experiencing pain and you're getting treatment for pain and you don't reduce the size of the Scoliosis itself, you're normally not going to see these visual things improve in a conservative approach.

For more information about this, please check Dr. Tony Nalda’s Podcast.

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