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Here you can find any and all pages, articles, and educational content related to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, its causes, and how it can be treated. This category is generally broad, and most focuses on children and teens with idiopathic scoliosis.
Whether you are just now learning about a diagnosis, or if you or your child has had a curve for a while, these educational resources provide valuable information about the cause and treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.
Additionally, you can find our comprehensive page on treating adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in children and teens on our Treatment page. For additional educational content and reading, you can find other educational articles related to AIS on our blog.
Release Contractures That Cause Stiffness Scoliosis Flexibility Trainer Written and reviewed for scientific and factual accuracy by Dr. Austin Jelcick, PhD and Dr. Matthew Janzen, DC. Last reviewed/edited on October 27, 2020. The Scoliosis Flexibility Trainer is a unique FDA registered device that helps to unbend and untwist a scoliosis curve non-surgically, providing drastically better non-surgical treatment results. It …
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It is common for adolescent girls with scoliosis to have delayed menarche (beginning of their menstrual cycle). Here we investigate further.
Is there possibly some connection between scoliosis and autism? Why do so many of our male scoliosis patients have autism? Find out here.
Standing scoliosis MRI can be used instead of x-ray, providing better screening, monitoring, and treatment outcomes all while eliminating risk of cancer.
Standing MRI-Guided Treatment Yields Better Results Scoliosis Care Centers uses 100% radiation-free standing MRI instead of X-Rays for monitoring our patient’s treatment progress and Cobb angles. Here are 3 ways MRI helps improve your care: 1. Quarterly (every 3 months) Standing Scoliosis MRI imaging A scoliosis xray is typically taken every 6-12 months to monitor …
A large study comparing scoliosis patients who WEAR a brace to those who do NOT was performed to determine if braces are useful in the treating scoliosis.
Learn how non-Surgical Scoliosis Improvements from treatment can be maintained by neutralizing the root cause, muscoloskeletal training, more.
Learn about the myths about childhood scoliosis & adolescent idiopathic scoliosis as well as modern, innovative, and non-surgical treatment options.
If scoliosis can progress dramatically in less than 3 months, why is it common to wait a year to see if it gets worse? Learn more about scoliosis monitoring
Beating Scoliosis: Josie’s Success Story Josie’s story is a classic example of successfully beating scoliosis here at Scoliosis Care CentersTM. Josie is now 15-year-old who was diagnosed with scoliosis when she was 9. After being diagnosed, She took the all too common “wait and see” approach for one year. Then Josie’s scoliosis worsened to a more severe …