January 31, 2012
“Scoliois in my spine? But I am 50 years old! I thought scoliosis was a spine curve in young people.”
Well, that is not completely factual. Old Mill Chiropractic treats many St Peters seasoned patients with scoliosis and helps calm their pain with chiropractic. Scoliosis (a curvature of the spine) can develop in the early years of life and then decline OR bring about disc degeneration and pinched nerves in the middle back and lower back. The pinched nerves are formed by a condition called spinal stenosis (a narrowing of the nerve opening spaces in the spine). Now, the condition of scoliosis and disc degeneration may cause pain in the legs due to stenosis. Pain down the legs called sciatica is caused by a specific pinched nerve. But chiropractic can help!
Spinal stenosis in older adults with scoliosis is commonplace in our chiropractic, so you’re not by yourself! As a matter of fact, one study of 36 patients with a mean age of 69 years had leg pain at a severity level of 6.5 (on a scale of 0 no pain to 10 the worst pain the patient had ever had). 97% of these patients also showed at least one level of severe stenosis, and all but one had severe leg pain, too. (1) Your St Peters chiropractor at Old Mill Chiropractic is trained and ready to advise you on an effective stenosis and scoliosis treatment plan to gain pain relief.
Old Mill Chiropractic is your St Peters chiropractic clinic to diagnose and treat this stenosis patient who has scoliosis. At Old Mill Chiropractic you will experience Cox Technic, a form of proven, effective, gentle care and pain relief.