Scoliosis

What you need to know:

There are no natural remedies to treat this condition, but if you also have arthritis with this condition the following anti-inflammatory herbs will help:

The most useful Herbs:

The most useful Supplements:

These supplements are also useful anti-inflammatories:

Other useful advice:

Scoliosis often runs in families, so if you, your parents or grandparents have or had this condition, it’s really important to have your own children examined before they even start to walk and to have regular examinations throughout their childhood. Remedial exercises, the Alexander Technique, osteopathic or chiropractic treatment can be an enormous help if they begin before the condition gets too severe.

With early intervention, it may sometimes be possible to avoid the need for surgery. The extraordinary skills of today’s orthopaedic surgeons are the reason why there are so few young adults with the dreadful spinal curvatures that were common just 30 or 40 years ago.

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