http://www.back-report.com/lower-back-pain/how-can-you-know-for-sure-if-you-have-scoliosis/ Information To Relieve Back Pain Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:09:47 -0600 hourly 1 http://www.back-report.com/lower-back-pain/how-can-you-know-for-sure-if-you-have-scoliosis/comment-page-1/#comment-5427 sarahbab Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:50:55 +0000 http://www.back-report.com/lower-back-pain/how-can-you-know-for-sure-if-you-have-scoliosis/#comment-5427 go to the doctor go to the doctor

]]> http://www.back-report.com/lower-back-pain/how-can-you-know-for-sure-if-you-have-scoliosis/comment-page-1/#comment-5426 scoop Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:24:32 +0000 http://www.back-report.com/lower-back-pain/how-can-you-know-for-sure-if-you-have-scoliosis/#comment-5426 the only way to know for sure is to get an x-ray at the doctors. but in a screening they have you (in just your underwear) bend over touching your fingers to your toes. have someone look at your spine to see if it looks curved. also, if it turns out you do have scoliosis, do yourself a favor and DO the exercises they tell you to do and if you have to wear a brace, DO IT. i know someone who now as an adult in her 20's has to have surgery because she didn't do those things and her curve got worse. now she is hunched to the side. the only way to know for sure is to get an x-ray at the doctors.
but in a screening they have you (in just your underwear) bend over touching your fingers to your toes. have someone look at your spine to see if it looks curved.
also, if it turns out you do have scoliosis, do yourself a favor and DO the exercises they tell you to do and if you have to wear a brace, DO IT. i know someone who now as an adult in her 20’s has to have surgery because she didn’t do those things and her curve got worse. now she is hunched to the side.

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