Scoliosis Flashcards
What is scoliosis ?
Is a curvature of the spine
What is the difference between structural vs functional
Structural scoliosis-
Functional scoliosis-
What are the signs of structural scoliosis ?
They are
How does it affect your body ?
It starts to deform your body by having a rolled shoulder asymmetrical hips a limp when you walk to having bad headaches
What are the treatments for structural scoliosis ?
Treatments
Who does structural scoliosis affect
Mostly young girl in the age range of 10-16 going thought the maturing process.
Picture #1
This picture is the back of a young girl with scoliosis
Can you see the
Rolled shoulder the asymmetrical hips and shoulders
Picture #2
This is a picture of the inside of the body and the rib cage of some one that has structural scoliosis
What are the signs of functional scoliosis ?
Functional scoliosis
How dose it affect your body ?
It affects your body the same way it dose with structural scoliosis if not treated, the only difference is that you can get ride of the functional scoliosis by having treatments.
How dose it affect your body ?
The affects
What are the treatments of functional scoliosis?
The treatments can be chiropractic care and a lot of stretching and massages
Who does functional scoliosis affect?
Functional scoliosis affect any one how has had damage done to there back or even if one of your legs are longer than the other.
Picture #3
This is a picture of a spine with functional scoliosis with a tilted pelvis
Summary
What are the signs of scoliosis
Walking funny( like a limp)
Headaches
a rolled should
Your clothes not fitting around your hip right
Different kinds of ware on the bottom of your shoes
Waring out the bottom of your pants on one leg
