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Q: Scoliosis, one hip lower than other
asked by: itchyballz on June 4th, 2008
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my wife noticed a few months ago that one of her hips where lower than the other, it very noticable. If she pulls up her shirt you can look at her belt line and its very different, She has alway had the coke bottle figure and now one side still looks like that and the other is almost straight with no curve to it. The doctor has here goiging to physical theropy and they say it want get any better , but can slow it down. Anyone had Scoliosis this bad and what are your results?
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rollar64
replied on June 5th, 2008
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chiropractors and osteopath's are trained to deal with these kinds of problems, physios also have some training, it seems however that it is often difficult to get these problems to resolve even after treatment from good practitioners while others quickly improve.

If your wife's hips are uneven its possible that she has some kind of pelvic torsion, its kind of an imbalance in the position of the sacroiliac joints, this condition, and scoliosis are seen together, there is a lot of argument going on in the medical community as to which one causes the other, and as to what causes them in the first place.

There are two different kinds of scoliosis congenital, and adult acquired, the first develops during childhood, and can get really bad, spinal curves of 70 degrees ,and more, the second curves usually don't progress past 30 degrees.

How old is your wife? has she had any accidents or injuries recently? does she have back pain or stiffness?

There is no concences on the best way to treat these conditions at present as your wife is doing physio at the moment you might want to give it a good chance to see if that works if you don't get good results i would consider seeing a chiropractor but i would be very careful on who you choose some of them seem more interested in advocating chiro as the best treatment for every medical condition around instead of concentrating on what some evidence suggests they good for that is some of the muscle and joint problems that affect the spine, and pelvis.

If you are struggling to get results don't accept that it will not get better when people tell you without trying all the options be careful always choose good practitioners.

Good luck.
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itchyballz
replied on June 5th, 2008
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she is 32 and has had the scoliosis since she was a child, she has had two kids, she has some back pain but not all the time. they gave here a step to where in here shoe also, buy looking at her stand she don't seem to stand crooked just the hips are odd looking.
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rollar64
replied on June 6th, 2008
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The sideways curvature that is scoliosis can be difficult to see as the spine curves in an S shape or sometimes in a C shape so the torso can look pretty straight, but the spine is curved inside the torso, one way in which it shows is in uneven shoulder height.

You have probably been told that the step in her shoe is to try and bring her hips back to the same height, do you know if your wife has a Leg Length Discrepancy (LLD), this is really common with scoliosis, there are two kinds acquired leg length discrepancy, and congenital the first is due to a misalinement of the pelvis that develops with scoliosis, or is the cause of scoliosis, the second is congenital or develops as a child's leg bones are growing.

I cant really give you any firm advice, but these conditions are usually manageable if you get good treatment, and they don't progress to much, this could be an ongoing problem so it might be a good idea to do some reading about it from various sources and to listen carefully and to ask smart questions of any practitioners that you see.

Good luck
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