Causes of Scoliosis
- Low muscle mass during development
-Family inheritance
- other
Causes of Scoliosis - Low muscle mass during development
- Scoliosis is usually diagnosed between the ages of 10 and 17, and about 2-3% of teenagers suffer from varying degrees of scoliosis. The male to female ratio is approximately 2:8.
- Mild scoliosis affects an equal proportion of men and women.
- Women's risk of developing more severe forms of scoliosis is up to eight times higher than men's. Here’s why:
- Because the spine needs muscles to help stabilize its development before it is stabilized, women generally have lower muscle mass than men. When the muscles cannot provide sufficient stability to the spine, severe scoliosis will occur. Therefore, women with insufficient muscle mass, thinness, and low BMI are prone to severe scoliosis.
- Female hormones such as estrogen have a great impact on women's bone density.
- Insufficient muscle mass and insufficient bone density in women are factors that promote the worsening of scoliosis.
- Women's vertebrae are thinner and narrower than men's, and slender spines are more likely to deteriorate than thick and short spines.
Causes of Scoliosis – Family Genetics
- Family history, scoliosis is hereditary, and family members with scoliosis will have a higher chance of developing scoliosis.
- Children of parents with scoliosis have about a 30% chance of developing scoliosis, and the curve shape will be similar.
Causes of Scoliosis - Other
- Abnormalities during delivery: Errors during delivery can cause the spine to grow abnormally.
- Suffering from diseases that affect the brain and nervous system, such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, etc.
- Injury, illness, surgery, infection, affecting the spine.
People with scoliosis who are at higher risk of worsening
- teenager
- Thin women with low BMI
- undernourished women
- People with severe scoliosis
- Thoracic scoliosis (people often use their dominant hand to perform daily activities, aggravating scapula deviation, and easily deepening ribs and spinal rotation)
- Movements often involve highly repetitive, asymmetric movements
The importance of early treatment and prevention of deterioration
- Adolescents' skeletal development is immature, so the risk of the disease worsening is relatively high. Incipient or mild scoliosis may be difficult to detect without careful observation of the body.
- Moreover, primary scoliosis in adolescents cannot improve on its own. Holding a lucky mentality and delaying treatment will miss the best treatment period, which is not worth the gain.
- The larger the angle of the scoliosis, the higher the chance of deterioration and the greater the risk of complications. It is very important to control the degree of side curvature early.
- If there are body posture problems in the family, teenagers can receive body posture check-ups as early as possible and regularly.
- Maintain good muscle exercise and stretching habits, and pay more attention to whether there are muscle imbalances in the body. This will also help in early detection. Doing more basic training on a daily basis can increase muscle strength, endurance and flexibility, which can help stabilize the spine. Maintain adequate physical activity.
- When choosing exercise preferences, pay attention to whether the exercise or posture will cause uneven stress on the spine, which may increase the chance of scoliosis.
- During the growth period of a child, pay attention to whether the diet is balanced and nutritious, and avoid being too thin, slender, or not absorbing nutrients, which can lead to malnutrition, which can easily lead to instability of the spine and curvature.
