Signs and Symptoms of Scoliosis

If you has been detected Scoliosis or you have been living with scoliosis for years or even decades, you are now looking for answers as to why this has happened to you. Scoliosis able to detected, diagnosed and monitored early to be sure the curve does not worsen with growth, that’s why some specialists is recommended screening children for scoliosis by age 10.

Usually a thorough physical examination doctor will able to detect even mild scoliosis.
The signs of scoliosis can include:
- Uneven musculature on one side of the spine
- One shoulder blade that appears more prominent than the other, caused by rotation of the ribcage in thoracic scoliosis
- Uneven hips/leg lengths
- Slow nerve action (in some cases)
- Uneven shoulders
- Uneven waist
- One hip higher than the other
- Leaning to one side
- One leg longer than the other
- Back pain or difficulty breathing (only in rare cases of severe scoliosis)v

Beside physical examinatio, X-rays are also effectively used to diagnose scoliosis and to learn more about the spinal curve.

Scoliosis can impact your life with not only increasing pain and physical changes, but will affect the quality of your life. If you able to detect the scoliosis in earlier and getting immediate intensive treatment is not just to reduce your pain, but also to physically reduce the size of the spinal curvature so you will not only feel great and your body will function better but your body can also begin to work properly.