WHAT CAUSES SCOLIOSIS

IN MOST CASES OF SCOLIOSIS THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN, THE VERTEBRAE AND SPINAL STRUCTURES--DISCS, LIGAMENTS , TENDONS AND MUSCLES--ALL APPEAR NORMAL. IN THE REST OF THE CASES THE SCOLIOSIS IS CAUSED BY CONDITIONS SUCH AS TUMOR, INFECTION, CEREBRAL PALSY, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, A BIRTH DEFORMITY OR DISC PROBLEMS. 

FURTHER DEEPENING THE MYSTERY OF SCOLIOSIS IS THE FACT THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHY SOME MINOR CURVES GET WORSE WHEREAS ABOUT 90% DO NOT. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT TRUE, AS COMMONLY THOUGHT, THAT THE POOR POSTURE IS A CAUSE OF SCOLIOSIS OR THAT WOMEN WITH SCOLIOSIS HAVE MORE PROBLEMS CARRYING BABIES TO TERM. IN FACT, MOST PEOPLE WITH SCOLIOSIS CAN LEAD  NORMAL LIVES, NEVER EVEN KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THE CONDITION. NO ONE DIES FROM SCOLIOSIS, BUT IN SEVERE CASES SCOLIOSIS SUFFERERS CAN HAVE BREATHING OR HEART PROBLEMS IF THE CURVE IS VERY SEVERE.

THE CHIROPRACTIC APPROACH 

THE PURPOSE OF CHIROPRACTIC IS TO CORRECT SUBLUXATIONS-- A CONDITION THAT INTERFERES WITH THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE NERVOUS SYSYTEM AND THE BODY AS A WHOLE. RECENT RESEARCH SUGGESTING THAT SCOLIOSIS MAYBE CAUSED BY A NEUROLOGICAL DEFECT REINFORCES THE VALIDITY OF THE CHIROPRACTIC APPROACH.

FRED BARGE,  DC IN IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS: IDENTIFIABLE CAUSES , DETECTION AND CORRECTION GIVES 22 EXAMPLES OF CASES OF ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WITH CHIROPRACTIC . ONE REPORT OF 100 CHIROPRACTIC PATIENTS REVEALED 84% IMPROVED. IN 6.8% THE CORRECTION WAS TOTAL; IN 35.6% THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CORRECTION: IN 41.2% THERE WAS A SMALL CORRECTION, WHILE 16.4% SHOWED NO CHANGE OR WORSENING OF CURVES.

DON'T ACCEPT SURGICAL PROCEDURES OR EVEN BRACING WITHOUT FIRST EXPLORING LESS RADICAL ATLERNATIVES ..BY R. MENDELSOHN, MD.