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What Doctors Won't Tell You About Scoliosis Rib Hump Deformity

Scoliosis usually comes in two "S" or "C" type patterns. The "S" curve is usually referred to as a double major having curves on the backbone and curves on the same lumbar spine. The special pattern for scoliosis of the curve "S" is the right thorax and the left lumbar means the concave portion of the left lumbar curve is to the right. This will look like an S from the front or the back S from the back. The "S" curve will typically show a fairly centralized posture of the midline when viewed from the front or back where their head, trunk, and hips will rise but the eye, shoulder line, and waistline will be tilted. This type of double curve will result in two significant bumps that form as "S" scoliosis lasting more than 30 degrees. When bending tests are performed and the patient is seen from the back as they bend to touch their toes, the examiner will notice the obstruction by the shoulder blade and prominent by the lower back muscles.

This bone is due to the natural adaptation of the postural muscle to scoliosis and does not cause scoliosis. Smaller or smaller intrinsic muscles that connect each spine that is influenced by the brain and signals from the brain to the smaller muscles are more likely to cause prominent muscles along the outer curve. So the brain tells the spine what position it is and the posture muscle sets the tone to stabilize this position as neutral. As the spine becomes curved posture outside the arch will increase massively, called hypertrophy, because of its constant use for stabilization while the postural muscles are no longer needed to stabilize the spine and will atrophy, decrease in mass, because they are not used. Think of the posture muscles as a light switch with the attachment attached, the dimmer switch can be changed to allow more current or less current on the bulb to make it brighter or dimmer outside the scoliosis curve given more current and lighter (hypertrophy) and inner the curvature becomes very small during and is diminished (atrophy). The greater the scoliosis the greater the difference in brightness or muscle tone. It is not a weak or strong case but how much current is supplied as it needs to remain stable in gravity.

Secondary adjustments to the "S" curve will involve disc deformation and eventually blade defects. This secondary adaptation occurs due to cellular remodeling. Direct pressure on the cartilaginous disc and individual vertebrae will stimulate or inhibit growth that creates a real difference in the height of the disc or bone. The change in the shape of the ribkage will be noticeable with larger curves of this type and will be somewhat limited due to the smaller size of the thoracic curvature. Individual ribs and ribs will also be deformed due to continuous pressure due to bone remodels based on their stress demands (Heuter-Volkmann principle) when the ribs are placed under excessive pressure, they will deform. As the spinal column curves and rotates in the thoracic region it will then create direct power to the ribs as it is attached to each individual thoracic vertebra. Then the spine pushes side to side with more force affecting the entire cage while increasing the rib shape. If we go back to the bending test and notice the two protrusions that appear in "S" pattern scoliosis, the spinal cord eventually becomes deformed as the ribs become bent. Because the lumbar spine does not have ribs the bulging pad in the region is restricted to muscles and remains soft tissue even in adulthood while the individual vertebra irrespective of location will be structural adaptation with time.

The "C" curve is a bit misunderstood and may be interpreted differently depending on who you ask. The "C" curve usually refers to scoliosis that has a single major curve in the form of the letter "C" of either the lumbar spine or lumbar spine. The distinguishing factor between the "S" pattern and the scoliosis pattern "C" is whether the compensation curve crosses the midline with at least half the major curvature giving it the shape of the S. The "C" curve generally exhibits an erratic posture, which stands for neutral stance. the patient will look like they are on one foot. The "C" curve formed on the thoracic spine will show greater ribcage defects based on the number of vertebrae involved in this type of curve. C-type thoracic curves will have significant deformities that are not easily covered by clothing especially in curves approaching 40 degrees or higher. Soft tissue adaptation is less prominent and generally deeper due to the integrity of the rib structure compared to the lumbar spine in which the "C" curve located in the region exhibits very prominent muscle growth.

Bone defects are not corrected by any form of pneumonia or scoliosis surgery. The only way to reduce or eliminate larger rib deformations is to perform a rib resection surgery where they shave it off like beef. The moral of the story is that scoliosis is a very complicated, well-planned defect that is very young and if left untreated in the early stages of the game will result in many irreversible tissue adjustments. So waiting for this process is clearly a bad decision.



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