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Scoliosis is a dis-ease of the neuro-muscular skeletal system. The Medical “Gold Standard of treatment which is bracing and surgery, has few positive results. As Spinal Experts, the Chiropractic profession should take the lead in the correction and stabilization of the Scoliotic patient.

90% of the time the Scoliosis patient presents with a standard posture; forward head posture, right head tilt, right high shoulder, right thoracic Cobb angle, left lumbo-dorsal Cobb angle, left posterior and right anterior hips.

Abnormal subluxation patterns and abnormal spinal biomechanics are present. The active Scoliosis usually presents with forward head posture and a loss of cervical lordosis. The occiput and atlas have an extension malposition (posterior occiput).

This has a subluxation effect on the proprioceptive spinocerebeller loop resulting in dysponesis in spinal growth torsion (idiopathic scoliosis). The forward head posture and loss of lordosis always precedes the Scoliosis. Therefore, before the A-P dimension of the Scoliosis can be corrected, the cervical lordosis must be re-established first!

It is possible to change this abnormal position with by re-training the nervous system. Many of the Scoliosis patients have a “Librarian Posture”, looking from the top of their ocular orbits. This can be corrected by putting tape on the inside, superior ½ of a pair of glasses.

The spinouses rotate into the concave rather than the convex side. This abnormal rotation decreases abnormal mechanical tension on the nervous system.

Unfortunately, Chiropractic manipulation frequently makes the condition worse by mobilizing fixated, compensated vertebra. Adjusting on the “high \side of the rainbow” is contraindicated.

A retrospective case series entitled, “Scoliosis treatment using a combination of manipulative and rehabilitative therapy” by Mark Morningstar, Dennis Woggon and Gary Lawrence was published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders on September 14, 2004. 19 patients were monitored with Scoliosis ranging from 15 to 52 degree Cobb angles. After 4 to 6 weeks there was an average reduction of 62% or 17 degrees. 8 of the 19 were no longer classified as Scoliotic.

In order to achieve these results, specific Chiropractic adjustments were provided along with rehabilitative procedures. These procedures included specific spinal isometric exercises, proprioceptive neuromuscular reeducation, cervical and lumbar lordosis restoration, muscle and ligament rehab and vibration therapy.

A Scoliosis Spinal Weighting System is used with therapeutic glasses, shoulder weights and hip weights.

The Scoliotic spine compresses and rotates 3-dimensioanlly. To correct this, the spine must be tractioned and de-rotated. A vibrating platform with mechanical spinal traction is utilized to decompress and de-rotate the spine simultaneously.

This is also accomplished with a Vibrating Scoliosis Traction Chair. The patient is placed in a chair on a vibrating platform on an air cushion. Braces are used to pull the Cobb angles into the proper alignment. The patient is then tractioned while going through dynamic motion. The vibratory effect overrides the body’s proprioceptive defenses. This is done once a day for 20 minutes, compared to wearing a scoliosis brace for 23 hours.

Contrary to medical misinformation, scoliosis correction is not age dependant and does not stop at osseous maturity. The age of the patients we have worked with in our Clinic varies from 4 to 73 years old.

The following patient was a 44 y/o female. The correction was accomplished in 8 weeks. The protocols followed were specific spinal adjustments, cervical and lumbar lordosis restoration, specific spinal isometric exercises, proprioceptive neuromuscular reeducation, muscle and ligament rehab and vibration therapy.

Scoliosis is a dis-ease of the neuro-muscular skeletal system. As Spinal Experts, the Chiropractic profession should take the lead in the correction and stabilization of the Scoliotic patient.

For more information there is a free Scoliosis download at www.clear-institute.com. You can also contact Michelle Youngblut at the Postgraduate department of Parker College of Chiropractic for the Scoliosis Correction Seminar schedule (1-800-266-4723). Dr. Woggon can be reached at 437 North 33rd Avenue, St. Cloud, MN 56303. The phone number at the St. Cloud Chiropractic Clinic is 320-252-5599. His E-mail is DRWOGGON@AOL.COM.