Scoliosis, one hip lower than other Posted: 06-04-08 22:18pm
my wife noticed a few months ago that one
of her hips where lower than the other, it
very noticable. If she pulls up her shirt
you can look at her belt line and its very
different, She has alway had the coke
bottle figure and now one side still looks
like that and the other is almost straight
with no curve to it. The doctor has here
goiging to physical theropy and they say
it want get any better , but can slow it
down. Anyone had Scoliosis this bad and
what are your results?
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rollar64
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Posted: 06-05-08 03:48am
chiropractors and osteopath's are trained
to deal with these kinds of problems,
physios also have some training, it seems
however that it is often difficult to get
these problems to resolve even after
treatment from good practitioners while
others quickly improve.
If your wife's hips are uneven its
possible that she has some kind of pelvic
torsion, its kind of an imbalance in the
position of the sacroiliac joints, this
condition, and scoliosis are seen
together, there is a lot of argument going
on in the medical community as to which
one causes the other, and as to what
causes them in the first place.
There are two different kinds of scoliosis
congenital, and adult acquired, the first
develops during childhood, and can get
really bad, spinal curves of 70 degrees
,and more, the second curves usually don't
progress past 30 degrees.
How old is your wife? has she had any
accidents or injuries recently? does she
have back pain or stiffness?
There is no concences on the best way to
treat these conditions at present as your
wife is doing physio at the moment you
might want to give it a good chance to see
if that works if you don't get good
results i would consider seeing a
chiropractor but i would be very careful
on who you choose some of them seem more
interested in advocating chiro as the best
treatment for every medical condition
around instead of concentrating on what
some evidence suggests they good for that
is some of the muscle and joint problems
that affect the spine, and pelvis.
If you are struggling to get results don't
accept that it will not get better when
people tell you without trying all the
options be careful always choose good
practitioners.
Good luck.
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itchyballz
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Posted: 06-05-08 07:23am
she is 32 and has had the scoliosis since
she was a child, she has had two kids, she
has some back pain but not all the time.
they gave here a step to where in here
shoe also, buy looking at her stand she
don't seem to stand crooked just the hips
are odd looking.
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rollar64
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Posted: 06-06-08 00:41am
The sideways curvature that is scoliosis
can be difficult to see as the spine
curves in an S shape or sometimes in a C
shape so the torso can look pretty
straight, but the spine is curved inside
the torso, one way in which it shows is in
uneven shoulder height.
You have probably been told that the step
in her shoe is to try and bring her hips
back to the same height, do you know if
your wife has a Leg Length Discrepancy
(LLD), this is really common with
scoliosis, there are two kinds acquired
leg length discrepancy, and congenital the
first is due to a misalinement of the
pelvis that develops with scoliosis, or is
the cause of scoliosis, the second is
congenital or develops as a child's leg
bones are growing.
I cant really give you any firm advice,
but these conditions are usually
manageable if you get good treatment, and
they don't progress to much, this could be
an ongoing problem so it might be a good
idea to do some reading about it from
various sources and to listen carefully
and to ask smart questions of any
practitioners that you see.
