Usha, thank you so much for your kind words! Kathryn

Wonderfull work🌹

Hi Duncan, I sent the email to you two days ago and will wait for your response.

Hello Duncan, I’m not sure if there are any massage therapists near to you who practice Trigger Point Massage or Neuromuscular Massage Therapy but if you can find someone, there is a good chance that they could help. They are all over the world so there may be someone with that training.

I don’t know how much of a scoliosis your daughter has. Is there any chance that you could email to me a photograph of her back and hips? As long as I can see most of her spine, shoulders and hip bones, that’s enough for me to give you more information. She can be covered modestly as I don’t want her to be uncomfortable but the more of those bones that I can see, the better evaluation and suggestions I can make. I am sending you an email from my address so you can send me a photo if you would like. When I have more information from you, I can give you more of my best long distance thoughts.

If you have enough information, you may be able to provide treatment for your daughter yourself. I’m looking for another video that I saw recently that could be helpful and will continue to look for it but in the meantime, here’s one that may be helpful for you. The thing is, if you do treatment yourself (or her mother or anyone else) the goal is to EASE the muscles to relax, not to force them. Tight muscles on one side of the spine can cause the spine to be in a big C or in an S shape (in the case of an S, muscles are pulling on both sides of the spine in two different areas.) You will gently place your flat hand into the inside of the C <-- and with your hand, thoughtfully feel the muscles to help them relax. We go into the inside curve of the C. I hope this will start to help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=188PTlRq1Qo There is the little video to watch.

Kathryn

Dear Louise Marie, I am sorry I didn’t see your message earlier. Just now found it. I’m in the Detroit area, too, southwest of Detroit. If your chiropractor is working in the right areas, he is doing the correct thing. There is specialized training which teaches how and where to work into the tight muscles that are pulling the spine out of alignment. It means ‘going into the holes’ rather than treating the bunched up, high areas. Also, it’s important to look for the CAUSE of your scoliosis. It could be that your legs are different lengths, which is pretty common, or that your hip bones are two different sizes.

I’m not an expert in laser treatment and do not know what the benefits would be. I only know what I know and do. I’m glad you are doing yoga! Good job! Here’s the link to my treatment website, in case you want more information or to talk with me. http://massagetherapytrentonmichigan.weebly.com/about-kathryn-merrow.html

Kathryn Merrow
The Pain Relief Coach

Thank you, Jessik, for sharing your experience about shoes with good arch supports that are comfortable. There are some shoes that are made for pronators (people whose arches fall or are weak.) The shoe fitter person in an athletic shoe store can help you find the shoes that are built for people with flat feet. Asics are good. I haven’t tried Mephistos yet. 🙂

Kathryn Merrow
The Pain Relief Coach

Hello Makhenda, I am not an expert on surgery but I will tell you what I do know. Oftentimes scoliosis is caused by irregularities of bones. Some doctors look for a cause of scoliosis but most others just wonder, “How can I fix this?” without looking for the cause of the curves. The cause can be below the hips because that’s how bodies work. If the foundation of your structure is not straight and stable, the structure will tilt, regardless of whether it’s a building or a person. So, let’s talk about bones.

If the upper or lower leg bone is shorter on one side, that will cause a tilt in the pelvis. That, in turn, will cause the spine to tilt, twist or curve or develop a scoliosis curve. It’s fairly easy for a doctor to measure a leg length difference with x-rays. If that is the case, a lift under the shoe of the short leg will start the correction of the curve. One out of ten of us has a leg length difference that matters (1/8″ or more).

If one side of the pelvis is smaller than the other (one hip bone smaller) that will cause the spine to tilt and curve. One out of 100 of us has a smaller hemipelvis. The solution is the same: Lift the short side and also sit on a lift under the ‘sit bone’ of the smaller side.

If there is a deformation in the spine bones, that can cause a tilt. Sometimes a vertebrae is triangle-shaped instead of rectangle shaped.

Now, let’s talk about muscles. Muscles move bones. If or when muscles become short and tight, they will pull the bones out of alignment. If muscles become tight and stay tight, they can get tighter and tighter over time and cause more and more of a curve. Therefor, helping the muscles relax will help the curve soften and become less. Corrective massage can be used to help straighten spines but if the spine has an irregularly-shaped vertebrae, it will help less. We cannot fix the shape of a misshapen bone with massage or chiropractic.

An inversion table will help lengthen the spine and relax the muscles around the spine. Lifts under the foot or sit bone will help level a body. A specialist in corrective massage will treat the tight muscles on the short sides of the spine to help them relax. (There is usually more than one curve.) Stretching helps if the short muscles are stretched 4 times more than the longer side.

If there is a ‘hole’ in the back or a ‘C’ to the spine, the inside of the ‘C’ or the opening of the ‘hole’ is where the shorter muscles are. People, including therapists, have a tendency to treat the muscles on the prominent side of the spine–the side that sticks out more–but that’s not the side that needs treatment, even if it is the side that complains the most. “Go into the hole and open it.” Tight muscles will be tender when pressed into with the correct pressure but it will feel appropriate to the patient; it will feel right. (“That hurts; don’t stop.”)

I am happy that you are looking for less invasive ways to treat your beautiful daughter’s spine and I wish you and her the very best. I hope I helped explain natural treatments for scoliosis clearly. I would like to add that it will take effort now and will be a life-long practice of stretching to maintain corrections that are obtained naturally. That’s okay.

Kathryn Merrow
The Pain Relief Coach

Hi Nicole,

I wrote several articles about scoliosis at another of my natural pain relief websites and here is the link: http://www.simplebackpainrelief.com/?s=scoliosis;

Correcting your flat feet with good arch supports will help your posture. You can buy them at a running shoe store. You want something that is sturdy and that fills in your flat arch–it should feel reasonably comfortable even at first, as though it is supporting your foot. The size of the arch support might be a different size than your shoe, depending on the length of your arch. You can help your muscles adapt to the arches by rolling your feet back and forth on a tennis ball or golf ball for several minutes. (That’s a way of massaging your foot muscles.) Wear them for just an hour or two at first and gradually build up to all day.

There is a reason for the scoliosis. It may be actually physical (for instance, a shorter leg bone on one side.) Or it may be from habit. Please read the articles and come back with more questions. I am happy to help you figure out how to get rid of your scoliosis.

Kathryn Merrow
The Pain Relief Coach

I am 21 was diagnosed with mild scoliosis since age 11 and I also have flat feet I was wondering what I can do to get rid of the problem

Thank you, Brenda!

You’re welcome, Wendy! Anything to make breakfast faster and easier. 🙂

Kathryn
The Pain Relief Coach