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List of all scoliosis books:
Scoliosis News
Jan 2010 Weak Evidence of Benefit of Bracing
Dec 2009 Reversal of childhood scoliosis in an adult (research paper)
Oct 2009 History made with less invasive spine surgery
Sep 2009 Where surgery was the standard, casting may be the future

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Scoliosis Polls

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Scoliosis and Vitamin D
If you have scoliosis, were you tested for vitamin D insufficiency?

Yes, I had vitamin D insufficiency
Yes, I had sufficient vitamin D
No
Scoliosis and Diet
If you have scoliosis, do you suspect that it developed due to poor or incorrect diet when you grew up?

Yes, I am quite certain of this
Yes, I suspect it
No, there is no reason to believe it
Don't know
ScolioGold / Scoliosis SOS
If you tried the ScolioGold/Scoliosis SOS treatment, did it help?

Yes it reduced my curves
Yes it reduced my pain
Yes it stabilized my curves
Yes it eliminated the need for bracing
No
Electric Muscle Stimulation
If you tried Electric Muscle Stimulation for scoliosis, was it helpful?

Yes it reduced my curves
Yes it reduced the pain
Yes it stabilized my curves
Yes it eliminated the need for bracing
No
Exercises
Do you believe that exercises can help reduce the curvature of scoliosis?

Exercises
Have you used exercises to control your scoliosis?

Yes, it helped reduce my curves
Yes, it helped maintain my curves
Yes, it helped reduce the pain
Yes, but it didn't help
No
Scoliosis and other health conditions
If you have scoliosis, do you also suffer from any of these (mark all that apply)

Mood swings
Digestive problems
Menstrual-cycle disturbances (only females)
Leg, hip and knee pain
Back pain
Shortness of breath
Chronic fatigue
Foot arch problems
Scoliosis and surgery
If your doctor recommended surgery for your scoliosis, did he?

Suggest trying other non-surgical treatments first?
State that non-surgical treatments don't work
Or simply just suggest going ahead with the surgery
Scoliosis and surgery
If you went through surgery for your scoliosis, did you?

Try other alternative treatments first before making the decision
Make the decision right away
Scoliosis Surgery
Do you view scoliosis surgery where the spine is fused as:

A safe and successful treatment with only few sideeffects
The lesser evil
A treatment to be avoided until absolutely necessary due to sideeffects
Flat Head Baby
If you have scoliosis, did you have a flat head as a baby?

Scoliosis and surgery
If you have had back surgery for scoliosis, do your back itch more than before the surgery?

Scoliosis and weight
If you have scoliosis, are you:

Scoliosis and delayed menarche
If you have scoliosis and are female, did you have a delayed menarche?

Yes
No
Various problems and scoliosis
If you have idiopathic scoliosis, do you also experience:

Efficiency of SpineCor brace
If you used the SpineCor brace for scoliosis more than 2 years ago, please rate the efficiency?
It reduced my curves
It stabilized my curves
My curves progressed so I needed surgery
My curves progressed
I was unable to complete the treatment
No effect
Where are you from?
If you have scoliosis, please indicate the region where you live.

Scoliosis and surgery

If you have had surgery for scoliosis, which parts of the spine did it involve?



Current Results

Chiropractic Care
If you have had chiropractic care for your scoliosis, did it help?
Yes, my curves were stabilized
Yes, my curves were reduced
Yes, it reduced my pain
Yes, it improved my well-being
No, nothing happened
No, it made things worse


Katharina Schroth 3-dimensional therapy

 

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