Posture Recovery

Rehabilitation for impaired posture and scoliosis is a set of measures that allows you to restore the permanent position of the body familiar to human anatomy, straighten the spine and avoid complications of the functioning of internal organs.

Violation of posture and scoliosis

These are two related phenomena, however, if the violation of posture is a functional change in body position that creates biomechanical disturbances and muscle imbalance (amenable to correction and alignment), then doctors consider scoliosis as a progressive disease leading to the appearance of torsion of the vertebrae, intervertebral discs and ligaments, structural changes and general deformity of the spine, which is almost impossible to eliminate on its own.

Scoliotic deformation of the body (curvature of the spine in the frontal plane, deformation of the pelvic and sternal bones) is also dangerous because it leads to gradual deformations and changes in the internal organs - the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory organs and the circulatory system of a person. The disease cannot be cured by drug therapy and is very difficult to preventive rehabilitation (sometimes even surgical intervention and orthopedic correction with corsets and plaster forms is required).

In addition, scoliosis has a complex classification, can be:

  • Discogenic (90% of all patients) - caused by dysplastic and metabolic disorders in the connective tissues, change the structure of the vertebrae and intervertebral discs.
  • Static (gravitational) - develop with constant asymmetric loads on the spine or are the result of congenital asymmetry of the body and displacement of the center of gravity;
  • Neuromuscular (paralytic) - occur with asymmetric lesions (cerebral palsy, polio, myopathy) of the muscles of the body involved in the formation of the correct posture of a person.

In addition, according to morphology, structural (change in the structure of the vertebrae) and functional (change in the structure of muscles, ligaments, joints) scoliosis are distinguished. According to the degree of deformation (torsion) of the vertebrae, it can have 4 degrees (simple, S-shaped, two-arc and rib-humpal curvature of the vertebral column). At the place of localization, scoliosis also occurs cervicothoracic, thoracic, lumbar-thoracic, lumbar, combined (S-shaped).

If the violation of posture is corrected by physical therapy and simple physiotherapy, then scoliotic curvature of the spine often requires serious conservative and surgical treatment, as well as a complex and lengthy rehabilitation program. At the same time, surgical intervention (fixation of the spine in the maximum correction) is possible in cases of progressive pathological changes in the arc, and drug methods can only mitigate its functional changes without solving the main problems.

Spinal curvature rehabilitation

The restoration of posture in the clinic "K + 31" is possible using the methods of physical action on the muscle tissue of the spinal column:

  • spinal traction;
  • electrical muscle stimulation with currents of the selected frequency;
  • selection of orthopedic corset;
  • acupuncture;
  • climatotherapy (sanatorium), hardening, walks in the fresh air;
  • muscle strengthening exercises for the abdomen and back;
  • massotherapy
  • sleep on a hard bed.

Rehabilitation for scoliosis is a more complex and lengthy process, requiring the establishment of the pathogenesis of the development of the disease, the development of a treatment strategy (surgical and drug), the selection of an individual exercise therapy technique and the stimulation of bone, cartilage and muscle tissues.

The complex of rehabilitation measures for scoliosis (after surgical treatment) involves:

  • Physio and hydrotherapy;
  • Mechanical correction and unloading of the spine;
  • Numerous complexes of medical gymnastics;
  • Individually designed diet;
  • Massage and therapeutic swimming;
  • Selection of rigid gypsum corsets;
  • Selection of corrective bed for sleep;
  • Ski and hiking.

A special place in the rehabilitation method of scoliosis is therapeutic gymnastics, which includes:

  • exercises for unloading the spine;
  • exercises to strengthen the muscles of the spinal column;
  • corrective exercises (symmetric / asymmetric) for the correction of curvature of the spine;
  • detorsion exercises;
  • general developmental exercises;
  • breathing exercises;

The whole complex of rehabilitation is aimed at localizing and stabilizing degrading changes in the spine, reducing deformation, and strengthening paravertebral tissues.

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