Caroline's Spine

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Scoliosis is a condition where a child has a curve to their spine, with an unknown cause. Often times this curve is seen as an S-shape or C-shape during an examination of the spine. There are two types of scoliosis: structural and nonstructural. Structural scoliosis is a curve along the spine that affects the vertebral movement of the spine. Nonstructural scoliosis is caused by an effect, not by the spine but results from poor posture, differences in leg length, or an uneven gait. If…

How you sleep may be harming your back Sleeping posture may affect the alignment of your spine. You should be aware of how each position could be affecting your spine alignment adversely. Sleeping on your side Sleeping on your side takes conscious positioning. The danger with sleeping on your side is that you could twist or strain the back if your hips, back, and shoulders are not in alignment. To align the body and prevent straining the back, you should put a pillow between your knees and put…

Scoliosis has affected many people around the world, but not many people know what it actually is. Scoliosis is a health condition where the spine of someone is curved, either curving side to side, or a “bending over” curvature. Scoliosis affects many people around the world. More then half of the people who have scoliosis are not aware that they even have it. Scoliosis mostly starts to happen at the growth spurt right before puberty. “While scoliosis can be caused by conditions such as cerebral…

Scoliosis is an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine. While people without the condition have normal curves in their back, it should appear straight when looking from the front. However, people with the condition develop additional curves to either side of the body, and the bones of the spine twist on each other, forming a “C” or an “S” shape in the spine. The larger the curve is generally increases the risk for it to worsen overtime. S-shaped curves commonly tend to get worse overtime then…

In Greek language, A means no Myo refers to muscle, Trophic means nourishment. Now close your eyes and imagine standing up and it being difficult to walk then imagine your legs, feet, and ankles growing weak and you find yourself beginning to fall or trip. Now continue visualizing having something in your hand from a simple blue pen or maybe something a little bigger such as a baby and your muscles in your hands begin to stiff and you lose grip on the object in your possession dropping it. Now…

Commonly, scoliosis is known for either being a C or S shape. A C shape is when there is only one curvature of the spine, whereas S shape is two curvatures of the spine. In your case, you only have one curvature (C shape). We have diagnosed you with scoliosis because your degree is over 11. This is considered mild scoliosis because it is under 20 degrees. If you were to have moderate scoliosis your curve would have to be between 25 and 70 degrees. Anything over 70 degrees would be considered…

Scoliosis is an irregular curvature of the spine. Everyone’s spine has curves in order to maneuver their body. Without a spine, there’s no way you could walk nor run. However, the average human does not think that 3 out every 100 people spines have an additional curvature. Despite scoliosis can be prompted by the disorder of Cerebral Palsy and Muscular Dystrophy, Scoliosis case is unknown and painless. Scoliosis can be C-shaped (one curve) or S-shaped (two curves). Scoliosis can take place in…

Scoliosis is a disease that attacks the muscles and ligaments of the spinal column, causing a sideways twisting and rotation of the spine, ribs, and pelvis. Scoliosis has side effects to the spine in most cases making it into a S kind of shape. There are many different causes of scoliosis but 80 percent of the cases of it are unknown. Neuromuscular conditions, these are conditions that affect the nerves and muscles. In some cases where patients cannot sit up right or even walk straight causing…

The image that is hard to get out of my head is how tired, unhealthy, and curved my back was. Life seemed like it was constantly about Doctors’ appointments or Specialists, and because of all the appointments I missed a lot of school, I confess I was always tired and I spent a lot of time in bed. My story really begins in February 2012 when I had spinal cord surgery at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. When I was young it was scoliosis was detected, but in February the curve in my spine was at…