Any advice is welcome! I just don't want to spend the money to see a chiropractor if it isnt worth it....

Honestly, for the problem you have I cannot see how one of those people could possibly be of any help to you. If you found one that would actually agree to touch you, I would run as fast as I could away from them because curvature of the spine is a surgical thing not a bone cracking thing and I just fear for anyone that outs their health in the hands of a chiropractor.

You need to see an orthopedic spine surgeon and see what they say for you to do. Yes, all doctors and also all chiropractors are in business to make money but imo doctors are also in the business of fixing and hopng for final results wheras chiropractors are built on prolonged or even lifetime visits.

Please visit Spineuniverse.Com to research for yourself. This website has both doctors and chiropractors on it, that site will answer 90% of all the questions you have. Scoliosis is a very hard thing to live with but you can do it with the proper treatment and imo chiropractic is absolutly the wrong form of treatment.

Hope this helps,
tama brian :)

Thanks so much, I will definately try that site!!

Try physical therapy . . . Depending on how severe your scoliosis, it may help.

Hello blondiegirl,

i can definitely relate to you on the pain. I discovered I had scoliosis in elementary school. Obviously my parents didn't know how serious it was cause they did nothing about it. When I reached middle school I began to see a orthopedic who wanted to fit me for a back brace. I really didn't want it because of peer pressure etc. So I never went back. After playing around for awhile my insurance lapsed. Now that i'm older I wish I had gotten that brace because I probably wouldn't be having the pain i'm having now. Since i'm an adult now the brace will not do me any justice and besides that my doctors say my scoliosis is the worse they have ever seen my spine looks like a perfect s almost. I'm currently seeing a neurosurgeon whose keeping an eye out on things because my spine is curving towards my lungs and they want to make sure nothing will go wrong. I had x-rays in 1999,2001, and 2006 seems like my spine is the same (thank god). The doctor before him said I may have to consider surgery but he wanted a second opinion. My new doctor says he doesn't see anything seriously wrong and doesn't see the need for surgery unless i'm worried about the cosmetics of the whole thing. As for the pain I take naprosyn (pain reliever) or if it's really bad I take flexeril (muscle relaxer).

You should see chiro. But the problem is that most of them have poor skills. Also pts are usually a waste of money. Good ones are difficult to find...

Maybe you should try to get massage on a regular basis. It will help to lengthen the muscles that are shortened etc. If money is an issue, there are massage schools that usually have clinics. Each state is different. I know in the state of wa students are required to have so many clinic hours. The massage is cheaper and the student gets to practice. The instructor is there to help assist. Scoliosis is either structural or muscular.

Hello,

i have a scoliosis as well.
Well I saw a doctor patow or so in january in new york. He is hungarian and he just was a guest to the usa. He did his therapy, a special kind of deblocking of the spine to me. Since than I can move a lot better. I still have some pain and some head arch. But doctor patow told me that is normal, because I moved in a wrong way for many years.
I will defenitly see him , when he comes to the usa again.

Andrea and tama said it best. Do you have any knowledge of what your talking about? :d massage will have no effect. I personally beleive chiropracters are just quacks, and if its a neuromuscular of minor condition than a pyhsical therapist will often provide at least some benefit. But yes unfortunately surgery is the most successfull obviously.