What to do if the spine is crooked

The spine is an important part of the human body. It plays a supporting role in the human body and even plays a decisive role in human life. If there are some abnormal changes in the spine, the human body will also show some symptoms. For example, if the spine is bent, the body will also bend at the part where the spine is bent. What should we do if the spine grows crooked?

1. Exercise therapy:

Exercise therapy is the first choice for most people to treat mild scoliosis. The exercise therapy recommended by the editor is pull-ups and breaststroke. Pull-ups use your natural body weight to hang your body straight, which helps keep your spine straight. While correcting the spine, breaststroke can also exercise the waist and back muscles and enhance the protective effect of the muscles on the spine. It is worth reminding that exercise therapy can only balance muscle strength and prevent scoliosis from worsening. The editor believes that exercise therapy can only be used as an auxiliary method for treating scoliosis.

2. Electrotherapy:

The mechanism of action is that electrical stimulation acts on the relevant muscle groups on the convex side of scoliosis, causing them to contract, generating an intrinsic corrective force for scoliosis, causing the relevant muscles on the convex side to gradually become thicker and stronger than the concave side, causing the imbalance on both sides of the spine to contract and stretch, thereby achieving the purpose of correction. It is mainly suitable for children and adolescents with mild idiopathic scoliosis, a scoliosis angle less than 40 degrees, and good visceral function.

Three: traction therapy:

It can increase the intervertebral space and separate the adhesion tissues to achieve the purpose of reduction. It can dredge meridians, improve qi and blood circulation, and soften soft tissues and ligaments. It is suitable for patients with idiopathic scoliosis, and the effect is good when the scoliosis degree is 25-40 degrees.

Four: brace correction:

It is currently one of the most recommended scoliosis treatments on the market. Indications: Mild scoliosis between 20° and 40°, infantile and early juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, and occasionally scoliosis between 40° and 60°. Adolescent scoliosis exceeding 40° is not suitable for brace treatment. Children with immature skeletons should be treated with braces. When two structural bends reach 50° or a single bend exceeds 45°, bracing is not suitable for treatment. Combined thoracic lordosis and scoliosis are not suitable for brace treatment, as the brace can aggravate the lordotic deformity and further reduce the anterior-posterior diameter of the chest cavity.

5. Surgical treatment:

6. Corrective surgery is corrective fusion surgery. Corrective fusion surgery is to place a metal nail rod stent in the body. This metal stent can straighten and maintain the curved spine, which is equivalent to a metal brace placed in the body. It is not enough to rely solely on the stent for maintenance. During the surgery, a bone grafting operation is also performed while the stent is inserted. This is to place granular bones on the dorsal side of the spine. After the healing of these granular bones, the spine will be fixed in place, just like electric welding. Therefore, in fact, the metal stent loses its function of supporting the spine about half a year after the operation, and the maintenance of the spinal curvature at that time mainly depends on the fused granular bone. Currently, only about 10% of patients need surgical treatment, which is suitable for congenital scoliosis and pathological scoliosis.

6. Manual plastic surgery correction:

Many people may not have much contact with "manual plastic surgery". Manual plastic surgery belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicine bone setting, but it is very different from traditional massage. Professional manual plastic surgeons can master the best force points and force strength in Chinese medicine through the accumulation of their own techniques, so that the human skeleton can move slightly within a safe range. A skilled manual plastic surgeon can not only make the bones move slightly, but also improve the shape of the scoliosis through internal strength.