Scoliosis Pain Medication
Treatment for Adult Scoliosis
Adults who were treated with surgery for scoliosis in their youth are at risk for disk degeneration and spinal fusion failure.
In most adults with previous scoliosis, moderate exercise is not harmful and is extremely important for maintaining healthy, supportive muscles, and preventing disk degeneration. However, people who have only one or two mobile lumbar vertebrae below the area that was fused during surgery should avoid activity or exercise that causes excessive...
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From Our Experts
10/22/07 #8: Migraine, scoliosis, and dural ectasia -- Connection?
Full Question:I have struggled for years with migraine, and also with back problems stemming from severe scoliosis. A recent MRI showed... Read more »
12/10/07 #10: Upper thoracic scoliosis causing migraines?
Full Question:Somewhere I read that upper thoracic scoliosis can cause migraines that begin with stiffness in neck and travel up one side... Read more »
Can Scoliosis Be the Product of Spinal Injury?
Full Question:Can scolioisis be created from a spinal injury? – TammyDear Tammy:Any spinal injury can leave a person with a... Read more »
Scoliosis Deserves Special Consideration
The chronic pain from scoliosis deserves special consideration. This skeletal deformity of the spine can be obvious or obscure. Either way,... Read more »
New Feature: Ask the Expert
Do you have questions about chronic pain? Since many of our readers do, each month I will answer a few of them. Here are this month's... Read more »
From Our Sources
Scoliosis: Braces
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
SurgeryThe goals of scoliosis surgery are threefold:Straighten the spine as much as possible in a safe mannerBalance the torso and pelvic... Read more »
Scoliosis
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Scott J. Luhmann, MD, Instructor in Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of... Read more »
Scoliosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Spinal curvature; Kyphoscoliosis Symptoms A doctor may suspect scoliosis if one shoulder appears to be higher than the other, or the... Read more »
Scoliosis: Symptoms
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Scoliosis is often painless. The curvature itself may often be too subtle to be noticed, even by observant parents. Some parents may notice abnormal... Read more »
Scoliosis: Treatment
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The treatments for scoliosis are not always straightforward. Some young people do not need treatment at all -- only careful observation. When... Read more »
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