Scoliosis is a disease of the spine that usually occurs in people. 80% of these people have idiopathic (unexplained) scoliosis, and the other 20% are caused by genetic, genetically related abnormalities such as muscle disease.
 

 

The normal spine, viewed from the side, has four physiological curves: the cervical and lumbar vertebrae curve forward, and the thoracic and sacral vertebrae curve backward.

 

 

But when viewed from behind, there is no lateral curvature. The spine is a straight line. If a section of the spine bends sideways, it is called scoliosis.

According to the cause of scoliosis is divided into idiopathic, congenital and neuromuscular paralysis three.

Idiopathic scoliosis is the most common type of scoliosis, which usually occurs in children aged 10-14 years, more girls than boys. At this time, if not treated in time, with the growth of age, the scoliosis will also worsen, which can cause thoracic deformity and affect the cardiopulmonary function when it is serious.

 

According to our statistical analysis of more than 1000 cases of scoliosis patients, early detection, timely wearing of orthosis and rehabilitation exercise can control the development of deformity and correct the scoliosis Angle, so as to avoid future disability.So how do you find out early?

 

Parents should observe their children carefully.

Observe whether one shoulder is higher and the other is lower when children walk, stand, or sit.

When your child is bathing, feel the spine from behind to see if it is in a straight line, if there is a bulge in one direction or if there is a stiff muscle on one side.

Have your child bend over at a 90 degree Angle to see if his back is higher and lower on one side.

If one of the above phenomena should be timely to the large hospital orthopedic examination and standing X - ray diagnosis.

 

In the past, scoliosis patients generally had to wait until about 14 years old to undergo spinal correction surgery. During the waiting period, children's scoliosis would develop rapidly and the deformity would be aggravated because of the growth and development period. At this time, if the development of scoliosis is not treated and controlled in time, it will increase the difficulty of surgical correction even when the age suitable for surgery is waited.

Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, the wide application of polymer synthetic materials, people combine medicine and engineering, and use the orthosis technology in modern rehabilitation engineering to correct mild scoliosis, correct or control the development of deformity.

Curvature of scoliosis is usually assessed using the scientific Cobb method.

When the Cobb Angle is less than 15-20 degrees, rehabilitation training can be carried out under the guidance of rehabilitation doctors, and generally controlled and recovered, but regular review is required.

When the Cobb Angle is greater than 20 degrees and less than 45 to 50 degrees, an orthosis must be worn for correction to prevent the exacerbation of lateral bending.

When the Cobb Angle is greater than 50 degrees, spinal orthopedics should be considered for correction.

 

So what is an orthosis? Why can orthosis play an orthotic role?
 

 

Orthoses are extracorporeal devices designed to alter the functional properties or structure of the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems.

 

 

Why does it have a corrective effect?

Here you can recall that it has long been known that if a small tree grows curved, in order to make it mature, people tied a straight stick in the bending part of the small tree, through external force to make the small tree slowly straightened in the process of growth.

People gradually applied this kind of external biological correction method to the human self, which is the current orthosis.

 

Scoliosis orthosis, is the use of the three-point force principle, so that children in the process of correction.

Because the location, degree, and contours of the body of each person are different, the scoliosis orthosis is customized according to the patient's X-ray scoliosis and the shape of the body.

The direction and position of force application must meet the requirements of human biomechanics and correction.

 

We hope that parents often observe their children's spinal growth, early detection, timely treatment.

This will prevent future deformities.

 

Some disabled people or the elderly, although some lower limbs support ability and the ability to walk, but because of muscle strength is too weak and coordination ability is very poor, only on crutches have been unable to walk, only in the "walker" with the help of the indoor or courtyard walk or exercise.

The goal is to prevent some functional degradation and get the psychological satisfaction of walking upright.

Walkers can be roughly divided into wheeled and wheeled two categories.

The severely disabled can choose a wheeled walking aid.

The user can lie on the upper body on the support ring, and drive the walker with the weak stretching force of the legs to carry the body forward.

The elderly with minor disabilities or walking instability can choose a wheelless walking aid (frame).

To use, hold the walker with both hands firmly, first move the walker forward to support the body, then step forward to move the body.

Some walkers also come with a folding seat for sitting down when you're tired.

The world famous writer Ba Jin has been using a four-wheeled walking aid with a brake to keep exercising in his old age. He is still making contributions to the society when he is over 90 years old.

Poor family economic conditions of the disabled or the elderly, can also be used to replace the four-legged high square stool to help to achieve the purpose of exercise, to avoid long-term bed brought by other secondary diseases.