PRIMARY SCOLIOSIS
Primary Scoliosis is relatively rare. It usually occurs as a congenital or in-utero developmental abnormality of the musculoskeletal axial chain involving the vertebrae, sacrum, pelvis, or lower extremities. Such disorders include:
- Cerebral palsy, which causes complex muscular contractions and complicated scoliotic curvature
- Hemivertebral formation (i.e., formation of one-half of a vertebral body, vertebral dysplasia)
- Ileal dysplasia (i.e., unequal growth of the hip bone)
- Anatomically shortened (or lengthened) leg due to unequal leg growth (i.e., leg dysplasia)
SECONDARY SCOLIOSIS
Secondary Scoliosis is, by far, the most common type of Scoliosis in childhood and in adults. Secondary scoliosis occurs as a compensatory postural change. Typically this change occurs in a patient with General Ligament Laxity (GLL). General laxity predisposes the patient’s having Iliolumbar or Sacroiliac Ligament laxity followed by sprain injury and Sacroiliac Joint (SI Joint) hypermobility followed by SI Joint misalignment or partial dislocation (subluxation)—with subsequent tilting of the sacral base.
It is the sacral base that supports the vertebral column. It is the levelness of the sacral base that determines whether the vertebral column is normally straight and plumb or curved and scoliotic.
When the sacral base becomes tilted or unlevel, the vertebral column becomes unbalanced and out of plumb, resulting in the compensatory S-shaped spinal curvature, or side-bending, known as Scoliosis. This phenomenon is well documented and understood in the Osteopathic medical community—but is not well understood in the Allopathic medical community.
So, treatment of Secondary Scoliosis is relatively easy:
- Realign the sacral base!
- Then, you can realign the Scoliosis!
Secondary Scoliosis can be divided into two general categories by age:
Causes & Symptoms
Childhood (Early-onset) Secondary Scoliosis
Adult-onset Secondary Scoliosis