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Nov

2016

Congenital Scoliosis: Your Questions Answered

Erika

The most common form of scoliosis is idiopathic scoliosis, which usually develops during adolescence and has no known cause (although science is gradually getting closer to solving that mystery). The vast majority of idiopathic scoliosis patients are diagnosed between the ages of 10 and 18; as a general rule, the characteristic spinal curve does not develop … Read more

Oct

2016

Cerebral Palsy and Scoliosis

Erika

While the majority of scoliosis cases occur without any prominent connection to the sufferer’s overall health and lifestyle, there are several medical conditions which can lead to what is commonly known as neuromuscular scoliosis, or myopathic scoliosis. This is caused by abnormalities of the myoneural pathways of the body, and often leads to a more … Read more

Sep

2016

Congenital Heart Defects and Scoliosis

Erika

How we helped a woman with tricuspid atresia to manage her spinal curve Congenital heart disease (CHD) can manifest itself in a number of different ways. For example, people born with tricuspid atresia – an absence of the heart’s tricuspid valve – frequently experience fatigue, shortness of breath, and cyanosis (where the skin assumes a … Read more

Aug

2016

Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Scoliosis

Erika

Although there is no cause for the curvature of the spine in that majority of cases we treat here at Scoliosis SOS, and in scoliosis patients in general, there are several medical conditions which can lead to the development of scoliosis. Today, we are focusing on one of the conditions which can lead to … Read more

Jul

2016

Scoliosis May Be Linked to Irregular Spinal Fluid Flow

Erika

A couple of months ago, we shared the news that researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan had identified the gene responsible for causing idiopathic scoliosis to develop in certain people. Their findings were based on experiments conducted on zebrafish (a popular choice for genetic research, since they are genetically similar to humans and mutations can … Read more