Scoliosis Research Paper
Scoliosis
“Some people have crooked teeth, some people have broken fingers, and I’ve got a back that has my initial on it,” says Shailene Woodley on scoliosis. This actress has suffered from scoliosis since she was fifteen years old and has a thirty-eight degree curvature in her spine. Shailene had to wear a plastic brace for thirteen hours per day until she stopped growing. Scoliosis is the abnormal curvature of the spine, and about three in every 100 children have this disease. Although many people don’t know what scoliosis is, they should learn the causes and types of scoliosis, symptoms, treatments, braces, and surgeries to understand the disease more fully and how it can affect patients’ daily lives. A question frequently asked by …show more content…
Very noticeable pain in patients’ neck or back area can be signs that the curve in their spine is worsening or moving. If a patient were to experience intolerable pain, they should seek advice from an orthopedic surgeon or doctor. Another symptom patients can have from scoliosis is respiratory problems, or trouble breathing. These symptoms usually only happen when the patient has very severe scoliosis. The reason a patient might have respiratory or digestive problems is because since the spine is attached to the rib cage, the rib bones might shift which causes an abnormally shaped spine. There are also many physical deformities of scoliosis as well as pain and complications in the digestive or respiratory system. Physical deformities may include uneven shoulders, hips, or scapula (shoulder blades), or unevenly spaced arms. These physical deformities cause many patients to not fit in normal clothes correctly. (Scoliosis Research …show more content…
Bracing is used not to correct the abnormal curve, but to slow its growth. Braces are usually recommended to patients whose curves are still growing and changing. Patients with curve degrees of twenty to forty in their spine are commonly given a brace. (Jason M. Highsmith, MD) There are two types of braces, the Milwaukee brace and the TLSO (thoracolumbosacral brace). The Milwaukee brace is a bulky, metal and plastic brace that commonly goes around the patient’s torso and is connected to a metal bar that reached up to their chin. The TLSO brace is made of fiberglass or plastic and goes around the patient’s torso, underarms, rib cages, lower back, and ribs. (Scoliosis Research
“Some people have crooked teeth, some people have broken fingers, and I’ve got a back that has my initial on it,” says Shailene Woodley on scoliosis. This actress has suffered from scoliosis since she was fifteen years old and has a thirty-eight degree curvature in her spine. Shailene had to wear a plastic brace for thirteen hours per day until she stopped growing. Scoliosis is the abnormal curvature of the spine, and about three in every 100 children have this disease. Although many people don’t know what scoliosis is, they should learn the causes and types of scoliosis, symptoms, treatments, braces, and surgeries to understand the disease more fully and how it can affect patients’ daily lives. A question frequently asked by …show more content…
Very noticeable pain in patients’ neck or back area can be signs that the curve in their spine is worsening or moving. If a patient were to experience intolerable pain, they should seek advice from an orthopedic surgeon or doctor. Another symptom patients can have from scoliosis is respiratory problems, or trouble breathing. These symptoms usually only happen when the patient has very severe scoliosis. The reason a patient might have respiratory or digestive problems is because since the spine is attached to the rib cage, the rib bones might shift which causes an abnormally shaped spine. There are also many physical deformities of scoliosis as well as pain and complications in the digestive or respiratory system. Physical deformities may include uneven shoulders, hips, or scapula (shoulder blades), or unevenly spaced arms. These physical deformities cause many patients to not fit in normal clothes correctly. (Scoliosis Research …show more content…
Bracing is used not to correct the abnormal curve, but to slow its growth. Braces are usually recommended to patients whose curves are still growing and changing. Patients with curve degrees of twenty to forty in their spine are commonly given a brace. (Jason M. Highsmith, MD) There are two types of braces, the Milwaukee brace and the TLSO (thoracolumbosacral brace). The Milwaukee brace is a bulky, metal and plastic brace that commonly goes around the patient’s torso and is connected to a metal bar that reached up to their chin. The TLSO brace is made of fiberglass or plastic and goes around the patient’s torso, underarms, rib cages, lower back, and ribs. (Scoliosis Research