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“How to fix scoliosis” doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult of a question to answer, yet, for 3,500 years of recorded human history no one has been able to answer, “how to fix scoliosis”. Even with today’s genetic testing, computer data bases, and scoliosis blood test the question of “how to fix scoliosis” still remains.
Perhaps the reason the “how to fix scoliosis” questions hasn’t been answered is because no one has thoroughly examined the “why does scoliosis occur” question. While there are many scoliosis theories abound, virtually all of them cite a neurological deficient in the automatic postural control centers of the brain as the root cause. This means, idiopathic scoliosis is really primarily a neurological condition and secondarily a spine condition. In other words, almost 500 year’s worth of scoliosis brace treatment attempts where doomed from the start, because it only attempt to treat idiopathic scoliosis as a spinal condition and not a neurological condition. I guess scoliosis brace treatment only further proves “there’s no right way to do the wrong thing”.
In 1865 the French orthopedic community attempted to answer the “how to fix scoliosis” question with the first scoliosis surgery, which was shortly followed by the first orthopedic medical malpractice lawsuit (no kidding, it’s true). Once again, scoliosis surgery is based on the premise that scoliosis is solely a spine condition with no neurologic root problem in the automatic postural control centers of the brain.
The rate of complications during or shortly after scoliosis surgery is an alarming 68% (whist in all fairness includes things like bacterial infections that are present in all surgeries), which as very high number that should make everyone stand up and take notice. Unfortunately, the long-term prognosis for scoliosis surgery treated scoliosis patients is even more bleak with one 2002 long-term study finding 40% of all scoliosis surgery treated patients qualifying as “severely disabled persons.”
So back to the question, “how to fix scoliosis”; Well scoliosis brace treatment appears to be worthless and scoliosis surgery may be worse than doing nothing, so now what.
Armed with the fundamental understanding the idiopathic scoliosis much be treated like it is a neurological condition first and a scoliosis spine condition second, a team of dedicated team of doctors across the United States began work on a scoliosis exercise based scoliosis treatment program that focused on re-training the automatic postural control centers in the brain, so the scoliosis spine would “learn” how to hold the spine in a straighter position automatically.
Over the course of several years this group morphed into what is now the CLEAR Institute non-profit organization.
The Scoliscore genetic test was release and brought into wide spread use in 2010 and for the first time in human history, allowed doctors to identify the most “at risk” idiopathic scoliosis patients before the scoliosis spine began rapid progression towards scoliosis surgery. This “scoliosis warning in alarm bell” in terms of genetic pre-disposition for a severe scoliosis condition has now created a demand for an Early Stage Scoliosis Intervention program that focuses on the environmental factors which trigger the genetics and create the condition known as idiopathic scoliosis.
It appears that a “cure for scoliosis” may not be possible, but a combination of Scoliscore genetic testing and Early Stage Scoliosis Intervention may prove an effective “scoliosis prevention” approach to non-invasive scoliosis treatment.
