CLEAR Scoliosis Institute announced today the launch of their refreshed brand. While the look may have changed, the reason they started has not.
CLEAR Scoliosis Institute announced today the launch of their refreshed brand. While the look may have changed, the reason they started has not.
People who have poor posture are more likely to have neck and low back pain, problems with their spinal discs, radicular symptoms (such as numbness and tingling down the arms and hands), and tension in the neck and shoulder muscles.
Doctors now recognize that scoliosis does, in fact, increase the chance of back pain in youth and adults. Exercising correctly can actually help reduce and manage scoliosis back pain rather than make it worse.
Scoliosis is a complex disease that involves much more than just the bones of the spine. It takes time to re-program these old patterns of behavior, especially if the scoliosis has existed for many years.
Surgery is often hailed as the be-all and end-all cure for scoliosis. And the Harrington rod is used in the majority of scoliosis surgeries performed in the U.S. But is it right for you?
Can your doctor see the future of your scoliosis? Using data from 372 patients, researchers looked at the relationship between curve size and stages of skeletal maturity to see if there are predictable changes over time.
