It’s not enough to wear a brace. Exercise is for life.

Abstract: Scoliosis is not simply wear a brace on everything is fine, has been wearing a brace overly fixed, no auxiliary movement, may lead to spinal stiffness, no flexibility of the waist more terrible. Experts reminded, wearing a brace at the same time with personalized corrective gymnastics, swimming and other exercises can enhance spinal flexibility, but also allows the brace to play a greater role in correcting. In addition, for scoliosis children, exercise is lifelong. Scoliosis is not simply wear a brace on everything, has been wearing a brace overly fixed, no auxiliary movement, may lead to spinal stiffness, no flexibility of the waist more terrible. Experts reminded, wearing a brace at the same time with personalized corrective gymnastics, swimming and other exercises can enhance the flexibility of the spine, but also allows the brace to play a greater role in correcting. In addition, for scoliosis children, exercise is lifelong. Misconceptions light wear support without exercise waist becomes hard “Now some parents wear support for children with insufficient knowledge, that light wear support can complete the correction, in fact, light wear support, do not cooperate with the appropriate exercise, the child’s spine is very bad.” Zhongshan Hospital Huangpu Hospital District, director of rehabilitation medicine, chief physician, professor Wang Chuhuai said, because the brace every day in addition to bathing and exercise to wear, enough to reach more than 22 hours, and to wear for many years, in the clinic they have found that some children wear a brace for a long time, although the development of deformity is prevented, but the spine because of the long term wear a brace and become very hard, and even bending over like a “Straightening”, the muscles are also weak and feeble. Prof. Wang Chuhuai explained, this is mainly because of the light wear brace and not with the consequences of exercise. Pull the bar can not just pull up and down to swing back and forth to be more effective Prof. Wang Chuhuai said that although the usual exercise can not straighten a curved spine, but it is to adjust the bilateral muscle balance, increase the toughness of the spine, offset muscle weakness is very good, wearing a brace with the workout will make the brace easier to play a role in the correction, “because this time the spine is soft and flexible, the brace correction will be easier. brace correction is much easier.” There are several exercises that are effective for kids with scoliosis today, such as pull-up bars, individualized corrective gymnastics, and swimming. To the bar, for example, pull the bar is not simple, Professor Wang Chuhuai reminded, in pulling the bar, is not to straighten the spine, but to swing their bodies left and right back and forth, so that the flexibility of the spine can be improved, rather than simple up and down hanging, because the light up and down hanging is to practice the upper arm to practice muscle power. Also note that when pulling the bar you have to take off the support before pulling. In terms of effectiveness, it is best to pull the bar with one hand, but it is difficult for children to do so. In addition, because of scoliosis in girls more than boys, the beginning of the physical strength will not be too good, it is recommended that parents in the design of the bar, the first so that the child can tiptoe to a little bit of toe, pull a few minutes a day to 10 minutes will be enough. Yoga personalized gymnastics is more suitable for children Some parents are also aware of the need to make the child’s spine soft up, let the child learn yoga. Prof. Wang Chuhuai said, in fact, a series of yoga action is not for scoliosis, some actions are not suitable for scoliosis children, and even get counterproductive effects. Because each child’s scoliosis is different, the type of scoliosis, including the “C”, “S”, or even two S superimposed deformity, deformity is different, exercise movements are also different, so a thousand people face to face of the yoga is not necessarily suitable for each scoliosis children. Corrective gymnastics is a more appropriate choice for children with scoliosis. Wang Chuhuai said, each child’s scoliosis degree, spinal vertebral rotation is different, so under the guidance of the doctor, to design different gymnastics for each child, so gymnastics is very personalized. The purpose of gymnastics is to correct or reduce the degree of scoliosis, increase the flexibility of the child’s spine, as with the bar can make the support play a greater role. In addition, breaststroke and freestyle also create good orthopedic conditions. The brace should be adjusted frequently While exercising, because the child is still growing, or the angle of the spinal deformity changes, the brace should be adjusted frequently, or the deformity will continue to develop. By the age of 20, the bones have matured and the brace can be removed. However, because of scoliosis, the muscle forces are not balanced, and the child will have low back pain, etc. Also, because of poor posture, the scoliosis may worsen. Therefore, for children with scoliosis, exercising the spine is a lifelong endeavor.