What is Scoliosis and How Your Chiropractor Can Help?

- Thursday, June 01, 2023

Welcome back to our blog here at Vida Chiropractic, Newark’s premier chiropractic care center. Our experience is deep in treating those of you who suffer from scoliosis. If you are new to us, recently diagnosed, or are finally at your wits’ end regarding back pain, we trust you’ll find today’s blog post most informative. Our focus today is on scoliosis.

Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine. While this may sound uncommon, scoliosis affects nearly 3 percent of the population, totaling over 7 million people. For those 7 million, quality of life can be diminished, and participating in activities or sports can be limited due to pain, reduced respiratory function or diminished self-esteem.

Most scoliosis cases occur during the growth spurt just prior to puberty causing potential deformities. Other causes can include cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy. To date, doctors do not know what causes scoliosis, although it appears to involve hereditary factors. While there is also no clear cure, there may be ways to provide relief and improve quality of life for scoliosis patients.

How Can Chiropractic Care Help Those with Scoliosis?

Chiropractic care can be a great way to manage and relieve pain and discomfort caused by scoliosis. Routine chiropractic care provides patients with scoliosis treatment that's a safe, non-invasive, non-addictive alternative to prescription medications or over-the-counter pain medications (OTCs), which are commonly prescribed to patients to help them manage their pain.

Chiropractors at Newark's Vida Chiropractic deliver a gentle, non-invasive, non-addictive therapy, known as a chiropractic adjustment. Chiropractic adjustments reduce joint restrictions or misalignments in the spine and other joints in the body in an effort to reduce inflammation and improve function of both the affected joint and nervous system. By increasing joint mobility and improving your nervous system function and spinal health, your body has the ability to better manage symptoms caused by scoliosis.

Below are some of the health benefits chiropractic care and chiropractic adjustments can provide to scoliosis patients: