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Back problems: how to treat scoliosis?

Updated on 14 March 2025.

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ScoliosisScoliosis is one of the back problems that can affect children and adults alike.

It has many causes and can have complications.

But there are non-surgical treatments to limit the disease’s natural progression to severe forms and reduce complications.

Description of scoliosis

There’s true scoliosis, and then there’s scoliotic attitude, which is a deviation of the spine. The latter does not involve rotation of the vertebral bodies and is reducible, as it can be corrected by lying on the back. The first type of scoliosis, on the other hand, causes real back problems.

True scoliosis affects 4% of children between the ages of 10 and 16, and affects both boys and girls. On the male side, it generally manifests itself in early childhood. Its exact origins are poorly understood, especially if it appears during childhood.

However, heredity may play an important role, and other conditions such as poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy or juvenile osteoporosis may be implicated. Poor posture may also be the cause.

There are four types of scoliosis: dorsal, dorsolumbar, lumbar and double. Scoliosis is manifested by a clinical gibbosity or deviation that is barely visible, but more pronounced in little girls. The radiological Cobb angle is used to make the diagnosis.

Complications of scoliosis

Scoliosis is one of the back problems that can develop into severe forms, with respiratory and painful complications.

Major aggravation is the main risk for scoliosis. However, this risk is not constant over the course of the disease and depends on the size and type of curve, the patient’s sex and the child’s potential growth. Stopped growth weakens the child.

In addition to the unsightly nature of the disease, the functional discomfort it can cause, psychological damage and pain in movement, it can lead to serious respiratory complications.

It reduces the vital capacity of the maximal expiratory speed per second. The greater the Cobb angle, the greater the respiratory problem.

Scoliosis treatment

Non-surgical treatments are designed to limit the natural progression of scoliosis, particularly towards severe forms, and to reduce the development of respiratory and pain complications.

Surgical treatment, on the other hand, aims to reduce the curvature, and should be a treatment of last resort for back pain.

Treatment consists of regular physiotherapy, which is therapeutic, corrective and preventive.

Wearing a corset can be part of the treatment for scoliosis, even if it can lead to stress and frustration at school. Usually, a back brace or surgery, or both, will correct the condition.

Another option is electrical stimulation of the spine. This involves stimulating the muscles with a very low-intensity electric current to strengthen them. The mechanism helps to straighten the spine.


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