Depending on the degree of the condition and the cause of the condition, hunchback can be referred to the rehabilitation department, spinal surgery department, rheumatology and immunology department or endocrinology department. The causes of hunchback are mainly juvenile hunchback, spinal compression fracture, developmental deformity or rickets, ankylosing spondylitis and so on.
1. Teenage hunchback: If it is usually caused by long-term poor posture, the degree of hunchback can take conservative rehabilitation methods, timely adjustment of the correct sitting and standing posture, sitting with the head up and chest out, you can wear the relevant support for correction. Also carry out the corresponding physical therapy, exercise, traction, these need to go to the rehabilitation department of the regular hospital.
2. Spinal compression fracture, developmental deformity or rickets or hunchback disease: need to be solved through surgical treatment. These patients can go directly to the Department of Orthopedics and Spine Surgery.
3. Some diseases may be combined with hunchback disease, such as ankylosing spondylitis, you need to go to the rheumatology department for treatment. Medication is usually chosen. There are also some older patients may be due to osteoporosis caused by the hunchback, such as this case will need to go to the endocrinology department to receive treatment.
It is recommended to go to a regular hospital as soon as possible, and follow the doctor’s advice and timely treatment to avoid delaying the condition.