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Scoliosis Research/Studies
Scoliosis Treatment in the 21st Century By Dr. Josh Woggon "Progress lies not in advancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be."-Khalil Gibran How far have we truly come in providing people living with scoliosis better treatment options than were available one hundred years ago? Scoliosis has been described in cave drawings, found in Egyptian mummies, and recognized…
Posture and balance in scoliosisWritten by Clayton Stitzel
Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. Projectional distortion of the spine on traditional radiographic (x-rays) evalutation has long been know to be a source of error and uncertainty to the scoliosis clinician. New 3-D imaging techniques are now demostrating how much and significant that projectional distortion changes the specific features of the scoliotic vertebrea at…
What makes scoliosis worse?Written by Clayton Stitzel
Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. As far as it looks right now, it looks like the environmental factors of idiopathic scoliosis seem to be falling into one of three catagories that all interact with each other and the genetic pre-disposition (via epigenetics or otherwise). Let's see how many we can list under…
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Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. The article, “Scoliosis treatment using a combination of manipulative and rehabilitative therapy: a retrospective case series,” published by Drs. Morningstar, Woggon, & Lawrence in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, on September 14th, 2004, was a landmark in the realm of conservative scoliosis treatment. Within two years of its publication,…
Scoliscore and ScoliosisWritten by Clayton Stitzel
Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. Here is a recent paper Dr. James Ogilvie (past president of the SRS and chief medical advisor at Axial Bio-Tech) wrote in regards to the genetic testing and idiopathic scoliosis (IS). The article is only 3 pages without references and really is worth the 5 minutes it…
Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. Up to 4% (4 in 100) chose to have scoliosis surgery for their spinal curvatures? And that 4% doesn't even include the untold number of scoliosis patient whose curvatures reach the ever changing surgical threshold and chose not to trade deformity for dysfunction via the spinal fusion surgery. …
Can scoliosis genes be changed?Written by Clayton Stitzel
Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. Admittedly, I'm a little behind on some of my reading, but the article in the January 18, 2010 issue of Time magazine on "Epigenetics" is really great. So what in the heck are "epigenetics".....I didn't know either until I read the article, but here is the concept…
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Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. Why does idiopathic scoliosis progress during a growth spurt? Honestly, I don't know, but here is my take on it. Porter supported the uncoupled neuro-osseous growth concept of idiopathic scoliosis being a physical manifestation of the maladaption of the growing immature spine to the tether created…
Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. The rationale behind observing a mild scoliosis is that, once a patient reaches the age of 18, the scoliosis will not progress. However, this is not supported by research. It has been known since 1969 that scoliosis can continue to progress after skeletal maturity.82 Collis & Ponseti followed…
Please click here to receive a FREE SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT INFORMATION KIT. From the patent for the soon-to-be-released (hopefully) scoliosis blood test...... "The present invention also encompasses the monitoring of the biomarkers disclosed herein to assess the efficacy of numerous approaches to prevent scoliosis and curve progression such as any physical therapies (e.g. postural exercises, physiotherapies, biomechanical stimulations…
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