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6        Acupuncture                                                                                    Dec 1, 2020  Vol. 21  Hani Times
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                                      How to treat spinal scoliosis






                                                                                          in life. Walking is the simplest  of chiropractic treatment are
                                                                                          exercise method that has few  working well as acupuncture
                                                                                          side effects and is effective.  sessions. These treatments
                                                                                          A desirable walking posture  relieve tension in the muscles
                                                                                          is to raise the head, keep the  around the spine, balance
                                                                                          chin inward, increase the  the spine, and correct the
                                                                                          stride, and swing the arms  spine's alignment. Also,
                                                                                          wide. It is good to keep the  herbal medicine helps with
                                                                                          posture while touching the  acupuncture treatment by
                                                                                          ground with the toes, lifting  releasing tensed muscles and
                                                                                          the heels, and taking a quick  ligaments. I believe that the
                                                                                          walk. The walking pace should  best acupuncture points and
                                                                                          be maintained at high speed of  herbal formula for the symptom
                                                                                          30 to 40 minutes, just before  are not fixed. There is no single
                                                                                          gasping. It is also a good idea  cause to make scoliosis. The
                                                                                          to hold a 1 lb in both hands.  best formula for the symptom
                                                                                          In conventional medicine, doctors  is the formula that helps
                                                                                          often recommend wearing a  strengthen a patient's muscles,
        △  Scoliosis  affects  2  to  3%  of  the  US  population.  Acupuncture  treatment  and  herbal   bracelet if the patient is a baby  ligaments, and tendons that
        medicine  could  help  reduce  pain  from  the  deformation  of  the  backbone  and  maintain
        condition. imageⓒshutterstock_Photographee.eu.                                    or adolescent. Wearing a brace  are physically supporting
                                                                                          will not cure the symptom, but  backbones in the right position.
                                   Among patients with scoliosis,  growth disorders.      it prevents further progression  Taking herbal medicine for
        By Winston Lee
                                   their back is bent in an S-shaped  Then, how to improve or treat  of the curve.   a spinal disorder is intended
        L. Ac., Ph.D., KMD
                                   shape, and the height of the  scoliosis?               If scoliosis continues to  to prevent recurrence by
                                   pelvis or shoulders is different,  Even if you have scoliosis, you  progress and the degree  strengthening the muscles and
        When you visit the hospital  or the torso is skewed to one  can prevent the symptoms from  reaches 20˚~40˚ and growth  ligaments. In this case, since
        for treating chronic low back  side.                  getting worse by correcting  remains for more than one-year,  exercise is also essential, the
        pain, you have a chance to  People tend to spend a lot of  posture and lifestyle. Walking  conservative treatment such  patient's continuous effort to
        be diagnosed with scoliosis  time sitting position throughout  is recommended as a simple  as acupuncture treatment is  do physical activity in daily
        along with other disc-related  the day, and their spine is  prevention and exercise method  recommended. Also, sessions  life is required.
        diagnoses.                 easily bent due to incorrect
        According to the National  postures or personal habits.
        Scoliosis Foundation, Scoliosis  If the spine is bent laterally   TheAcupunctureTimes.com
        affects 2~3 percent of the  by more than 5 degrees, it is
        population or an estimated  considered abnormal, and it                         is available
        six to nine million people in  has been reported that about
        the United States. And every  7.7% of the population has
        year, scoliosis patients make  scoliosis.
        more than 600,000 visits to  If the height of both shoulders
        private physician offices, an  is different when standing
        estimated 30,000 children are  upright, or when looking from
        fitted with a brace, and 38,000  the back when the waist is bent,
        patients undergo spinal fusion  one of the backs is raised, you
        surgery."                  may suspect scoliosis.
        If one is in adolescence and  In the early stage of the symptom,
        has low back pain, chances  pain, or subjective symptoms
        will increase. As reported by  do not appear, so others often
        a research article, "Prevalence  discover them without knowing.
        and management of back pain  For more accurate judgment,
        in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis  an X-ray examination can be
        patients: A retrospective study,  used to confirm that the spine
        "Spinal asymmetry or scoliosis  is bent visually. As scoliosis
        is a major risk factor for back  progresses, the muscles,
        pain in adolescents.”      ligaments, and nerves around
        Scoliosis is a sideways curvature  the spine are compressed, so   You can get more information regarding your practice and
        of the spine that occurs most  symptoms such as back pain,   news at TheAcupunctureTimes.com.
        often during the growth spurt  stiff shoulders, and headaches
        before puberty. While scoliosis  may appear. When it is severe,
                                                                • More practical information of various acupuncture skills and
        can be caused by conditions such  the spine, ribs, and pelvis are
        as cerebral palsy and muscular  deformed, compressing the heart   its principles.
        dystrophy, the cause of most  and lungs, causing abnormal   • More practical information of herbal formula and case studies.
        scoliosis is unknown. Signs  cardiopulmonary function.  • Study material for current acupuncture related studies, articles,
        and symptoms of scoliosis are  Neurologically, hormonal   and research paper.
        uneven shoulders, one should  and digestive imbalances are
                                                                • More practical information regarding medical billing and
        blade appears more prominent  also considered as a cause,
                                                                 management.
        than the other, uneven waist,  especially among adolescent
                                                                • On-line communities for current issues.
        and one hip is higher than  patients. It may lead to allergies,
        the other.                 concentration disorders, and
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