Working Out With Scoliosis: What You Need to Know
Dr. Katalina Dean2025-10-28T13:02:45-06:00Working out with scoliosis is safe and beneficial when guided by a specialist. Corrective, scoliosis-specific exercises improve strength and flexibility.
Working out with scoliosis is safe and beneficial when guided by a specialist. Corrective, scoliosis-specific exercises improve strength and flexibility.
While spinal decompression can relieve pain, improve disc health, and boost flexibility, it isn’t a corrective treatment for scoliosis but may enhance results.
Scoliosis differs in type, severity, and rate of progression. Early, proactive treatment for mild cases offers the best chance for effective results.
While scoliosis can’t be prevented, its progression often can. Early detection and proactive, customized care offer the best chance for effective treatment.
Early detection and proactive treatment can prevent moderate scoliosis from worsening. While progressive, scoliosis is treatable at any stage.
Scoliosis is progressive and affects the body. Treatment options include spinal fusion surgery or conservative care with chiropractic, exercise, and bracing.
Inversion therapy can’t fix scoliosis but may ease pain by decompressing the spine, relieving pressure, and improving flexibility and treatment response.
Excessive kyphosis, or hyperkyphosis, disrupts posture, movement, and comfort. While mild cases may go unnoticed, severe curves cause pain and imbalance.
Kyphosis and scoliosis both disrupt the spine’s healthy curves, but differ in form: kyphosis rounds the upper back, while scoliosis bends and rotates sideways.
Kyphosis is a natural outward curve in the thoracic spine, but when excessive (hyperkyphosis), it disrupts function and may be helped with corrective bracing.