General informations

Considering the current discussion about the formation of idiopathic scoliosis, the following possible causes can be logically integrated in the explanatory model.

Idiopathic scoliosis therefore forms:

 

  1. during strong growth periods due to hormonal shifts
  2. due to genetic conditions (scoliosis as hereditable)
  3. due to biomechanical factors and unilateral burdens

Explanation

Assuming that every living being protects itself from threatening touches by evading touch, all forms of idiopathic scoliosis can be explained.

Even a pair of rompers pulled up too tightly can cause a curvature of the spine in a baby. Knitted baby shoes that are too small are often the reason for babies screaming and squirming all the time. If the pressure is one-sided, the child twists while lying down and the spine deforms.

During a child's natural growth spurt, it not only grows in length, but all limbs should also grow with it. If you do not pay attention to the length growth of the feet, the shoes you are wearing suddenly become too small. Unpleasant touches of the toes with the tip of the shoe occur.

For our body, these touches are a risk of injury, which is autonomously avoided by the toe muscles by pulling the toes back. Since the cramping of the toes hinders normal walking, the body tries to move normally by bypassing the obstacle.

This is usually done by turning the foot inwards and shifting the step direction over the outer edge of the foot.

This natural reaction of the body creates a lateral pulling force over the knee to the hip. This results in irritation of the medial knee area and twisting of the pelvic vane in the ilio-sacral joint, in order to reduce the tensile forces in the hip joint. This twisting causes the pelvis to drop on the affected side. The spine must then incline to this side and the scoliosis begins to develop.

Although both feet grow almost evenly, the same threat scenarios for the body do not automatically arise. One side of the body always reacts more than the other. Different foot circumferences, uneven lacing technique, one-sided foot pain or similar influences determine the incorrect load.

The fact that we usually have a play leg and a standing leg explains different loads on the feet and thus also different levels of pain. This is why the more strained "standing leg" avoids the strains more than the "playing leg". On the other hand, the weaker, narrower foot slips more easily forward in the shoe and experiences a frontal toe irritation, which forces it to avoid. The additional load on the standing leg, on the other hand, can deform a soft shoe sole more strongly and thus trigger an external tilting impulse.

Today's negligence in closing shoes also has an influence on the development of scoliosis.

Especially people with a slim body are threatened by scoliosis. Due to their congenital slim feet, they have difficulty finding suitable shoes anyway. During a strong growth spurt, the feet prolong quickly, while the circumference increases much more slowly. This worsens the shoe situation, causing severe irritation.

The slim physique is usually inherited. For this reason, there are also slim, narrow-footed people in the family environment who have developed scoliosis.

Among these people, however, the development of scoliosis is only one facet of a painful existence. The scoliosis triggers described above have far more serious effects.

In this group, almost all the symptoms described on this website can be found, at least to some extent.

In addition to scoliosis, muscle pain in the legs and arms, cramps, headaches, back pain in the lumbar, chest and neck areas, but also psychological behavioural disorders can occur.

At the latest when the first misalignment becomes visible, the conditions at the foot must be checked.

Measures to prevent scoliosis

 

 

To identify the factors that cause scoliosis, proceed as follows.

In children in particular, overuse pain should be the final reason for deformation of the body.

Therefore, all external influences should be checked first. This means that all shoes worn during the day must be checked for fit and possible misalignment.

 

The following questions must be answered:

Is the shoe firmly attached to the foot?
Does the big toe touch the front of the shoe when standing?
Can the sole be pressed in on the outside by strong thumb pressure?
Does the shoe stand flat on the ground or does it wobble when touched?
Does the insole bend upwards in front of the toes?

If one of the questions can be answered with "yes", this shoe triggers an incorrect load.

Avoid all "dangerous" shoes, then the scoliosis will quickly decrease.
The long-term gait analysis with InGAsys is suitable for checking the better posture.
One should often support

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