My Friend Has Been Diognosed With Scoliosis

Hello tammyr!:-) Though I am an engineer but my partner is from medical sciences and she shares with me a lot, so What I am going to share is just a little second hand knowledge rather information. Scoliosis is usually 'idiopathic' i.e. it gets growing unnoticed while children are developing it mostly because it's painless while it grows. Scoliosis in adults is usually progression of already existing problem. It can be controlled better in initial stages with the help of 'brace' but if it's not controlled by brace, then surgery is the best option and it's safe and effective too. There are other options too but they haven't been proven very beneficial and effective. One important thing is that, it grows in families i.e. it's occurrence is more in a family where someone already had this problem. Especially look out for uneven shoulders and waist in children and if a child usually leans to one side. So, it's important that the children in the family of someone having this problem and having above symptoms get examined for it on regular basis so as to check it in initial stage. I don't think that there is much to worry about as, if 'brace' doesn't work, she can always have a surgery which is mostly effective after all. I hope it helps.

hello tammyr my niece has scoliosis so i know a little bit about first of all she has to get her mind set about wearing her brace is very important or her spine could curb even more so tell her to look for the perfect timing to wear it, my niece used to wear it the minute she came from school until it was time for her dinner it worked perfect for her because, that was her time to help around the house and to do homework also it help her shape her waist like a model so is not all bad; but the truth of the matter is if she doesn't wear her brace it could get bad so please tell her that the good thing is, that they found out on time enough to be fix by wearing a brace