[Take health home] What should I do if I find the child's spine bending?

【Introduction】

Scoliosis is a common disease that endangers children and adolescents. What is the cause? What harm will it cause? Today, the orthopedician explains the spinal bending of children and adolescents for everyone.

First, what causes the child's spinal curve?

The spine bending is divided into two categories: non -structural spine bending and structural spine bending.

Non -structural spine bending: It can be simply understood as "false side bend", which is a physical problem caused by behavior habits.

Structural side bending: Because there is a problem with the spine itself, the purpose of correction cannot be achieved by adjusting the body. Structural spine bending includes congenital spine bending, acquired spinal bending, and special spinal bending. Adolescents are often susceptible to unknown structural spine bending.

What impact and harm does spine bending not treated in time on children?

1. If the non -structural spine bending is not treated in time, it will cause uneven muscle strength of the shoulder and waist and back, affecting the body shape.

2. Structural special spine bending is not treated in time, which will not only affect the body shape, but also contain chest, compression or pulling the lung cardiovascular and abdominal organs to cause abnormal function, as well as the impact on the child's psychological state , Lead to psychological diseases such as inferiority or autism.

3. How to find out whether the child has a spine bending?

Parents can see if the shoulders on both sides are equivalent to the shoulders, whether there is a signs of sloping on the neck, and whether the waistline on both sides is symmetrical. Another simplest method is to do front flexion experiments, bring your feet together with your shoulders with width, your fingers and toes, bend over 90 degrees, parents can look at it from the front or from the back. Essence

4. What should parents do when children have spine bending?

1. Non -structural spine side bending: generally caused by incorrect sitting positions or movement postures. Parents can correct their children's bad posture, such as correcting the legs of the Erlang. These postures are often adjusted through our active or passive adjustment, and the spine can return to the midline.

2. Structural special spina side bending: Generally speaking, we consider the degree of side bending, in this interval above 25 degrees, 45 degrees, and in the growth period, there is growth potential. At this stage, we recommend the treatment of side -curved correction branches. If the degree is relatively small, below 20 degrees, we recommend that these children observe regularly. You can do some rehabilitation training, such as horizontal bar and swimming. If the degree of the side bending is greater than 45 degrees, we look at the obvious appearance of the appearance, and the body may have an unbalanced manifestation, and some children will have an aggravated trend. In this case, we recommend surgical treatment.

In daily life, parents should often remind their children to maintain the correct standing and sitting position, and do more physical exercise to develop good habits. If you suspect your child's spine bending, it is recommended to go to the hospital for further diagnosis.

Author: Zhao Xiaoming

Source: Shenyang Orthopedic Hospital

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