What are effective treatments for scoliosis in children?

Scoliosis is a spinal deformity. Scoliosis is categorized as idiopathic scoliosis, congenital scoliosis, neuromuscular scoliosis, and neurofibromatosis scoliosis. Scoliosis not only affects the patient’s appearance, but also often causes psychological disorders. Some patients also have symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, back pain, etc. In severe cases, dyspnea can occur, thus affecting the patient’s study and life. The most common clinical condition is idiopathic scoliosis, the cause of which is still unclear. Treatment is categorized into non-surgical and surgical treatments. If the scoliosis is not serious and the angle of the scoliosis is less than 35 degrees, conservative treatment, i.e. non-surgical treatment, can be adopted. Conservative treatments for scoliosis include: 1. Brace treatment: for patients with fast development of scoliosis, to slow down the development of scoliosis; 2. Exercise therapy: Swimming can exercise the muscle strength of the lower back, practicing swallow fly to strengthen the exercise of the lumbar and back muscles, hanging the bar, and corrective exercises for scoliosis. Regular scoliosis assessment is required, and a full-length X-ray of the spine should be taken every six months to a year to determine the progression of scoliosis. Indications for Surgery: 1. Deformity progression cannot be controlled by brace treatment and the degree of scoliosis continues to increase. 2. Pulmonary dysfunction and trunk asymmetry in adolescent scoliosis with severe deformity requiring plastic surgery. 3.Elderly patients with pain or neurological symptoms that cannot be controlled by conservative treatment. 4. Adolescent scoliosis with Cobb’s angle of 45 degrees or more. 5, Cobb’s angle 40 degrees, but with serious chest convexity, obvious rib bulge.