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Sep

2019

FDA Approves New Device for Paediatric Scoliosis Treatment

Erika

The USA’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it had approved its very first spinal tethering device for correcting idiopathic scoliosis in children and adolescents. The Tether™ vertebral body tethering system is designed to help correct spinal curvatures in young patients whose bones have yet to fully mature. Made up of titanium anchors, … Read more

Jan

2018

New Scoliosis Surgery Techniques: Alternatives to Spinal Fusion

Erika

Surgery is often recommended once a scoliosis patient’s spinal curve has progressed beyond a certain point, and in the vast majority of cases, ‘surgery’ means spinal fusion surgery. This procedure involves joining two or more vertebrae together to prevent the patient’s curvature from growing; nowadays, this is usually achieved by fastening small metal screws called … Read more

Jan

2017

Chiropractic Treatment for Scoliosis: How Effective is it?

Erika

If you’re somewhat familiar with chiropractic therapy, you might assume that it’s an ideal treatment for scoliosis (sideways curvature of the spine). Chiropractic focuses primarily on the spine, and if you’re a scoliosis sufferer, going to a chiropractor can seem like a far preferable alternative to wearing a brace or undergoing spinal fusion surgery. But can chiropractic … Read more

Jan

2017

Treating Scoliosis with Physical Therapy

Erika

No two cases of scoliosis are exactly alike – symptoms and their severity vary hugely from patient to patient and depend on a number of contributing factors. Due to several possibilities in how scoliosis can occur and progress, no one treatment is universally effective; certain treatment routes may be effective for some patients but fail … Read more

Jan

2017

ScolioGold vs NHS Physio: A Comparison of Methods

Erika

When performed correctly, physical therapy is an effective form of treatment for scoliosis, and is often used as an alternative to having to wear a back brace or undergo spinal fusion surgery. However, physiotherapy is a very broad and varied field, and it can be hard to decide which type of physical therapy is best-suited … Read more