Hey everyone..
I am a 28yrs old, female, married and have a 17 months old son.
I was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 15 with a curve of 24 degrees. Mom saw a dress I was wearing with a back zipper to appear twisted, the zipper was having an S shape.. so that's when we went to check my back.. Then they got me into Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) program.. and curve went down to 21 in 4 weeks. This treatment was done while I lived in Brasil.
At age of 19 we moved countries and went to a chiropractor, and he was helping me do some exercises. To be honest, no idea if he was doing something right? because he wasnt actually explaining to me a thing but just doing things..
This went on for months then I stopped going. Then got married at age 23 and since the last execises didnt do any. Got pregnant at 26, and gained 20 kilos. I still havent lost them but the pain in my back has been horrible. Non stop. Feels like pins and needles. Then went to a doc to check on my curve and they found out its 34 So depressed. I know there cases worse than mine, but I felt I wanted to die.
I have few questions:
1. Will my back get worse? I always think I will eventually get a surgery at the age of 40 dont know why..
2. Will losing weight help me relieve pain? I still got around 7kg to be where I was.
3. I feel so self consicious I dont even want to wear tight shirts. Do we see it worse than people do from the other side? my husband tells me there isnt much difference at all.
4. At the moment I am doing no treatment. I went to see a chiropractor here, we live in Qatar now, and she taught me some exercises but honestly I am scared to do them always and maybe it could make my back worse? At my age, what kind of program can I do?
5. I do weight lifting. I read dead lifts and squats arent good to do when having scoli. I do squats with a ball supporting my back on the wall sliding down with no pain. Will these affect my back? will they make it worse? Dead lifts is amazing to build up muscle on the back which is something good for people with scoli.
6. The side of the bump on my back, which is the right, seems always to tighten when I am tired, it hurts, and feels like pins and needles.. how can I control this?
I wanted to mention that I am thinking of going to a psychologist. I need to talk to someone about what I feel, I think I might be developing depression from scoliosis. God, kudos to everyone going thru surgery stage, you are all heroes to me.
Thanks everyone in advance.
I am a 28yrs old, female, married and have a 17 months old son.
I was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 15 with a curve of 24 degrees. Mom saw a dress I was wearing with a back zipper to appear twisted, the zipper was having an S shape.. so that's when we went to check my back.. Then they got me into Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) program.. and curve went down to 21 in 4 weeks. This treatment was done while I lived in Brasil.
At age of 19 we moved countries and went to a chiropractor, and he was helping me do some exercises. To be honest, no idea if he was doing something right? because he wasnt actually explaining to me a thing but just doing things..
This went on for months then I stopped going. Then got married at age 23 and since the last execises didnt do any. Got pregnant at 26, and gained 20 kilos. I still havent lost them but the pain in my back has been horrible. Non stop. Feels like pins and needles. Then went to a doc to check on my curve and they found out its 34 So depressed. I know there cases worse than mine, but I felt I wanted to die.
I have few questions:
1. Will my back get worse? I always think I will eventually get a surgery at the age of 40 dont know why..
2. Will losing weight help me relieve pain? I still got around 7kg to be where I was.
3. I feel so self consicious I dont even want to wear tight shirts. Do we see it worse than people do from the other side? my husband tells me there isnt much difference at all.
4. At the moment I am doing no treatment. I went to see a chiropractor here, we live in Qatar now, and she taught me some exercises but honestly I am scared to do them always and maybe it could make my back worse? At my age, what kind of program can I do?
5. I do weight lifting. I read dead lifts and squats arent good to do when having scoli. I do squats with a ball supporting my back on the wall sliding down with no pain. Will these affect my back? will they make it worse? Dead lifts is amazing to build up muscle on the back which is something good for people with scoli.
6. The side of the bump on my back, which is the right, seems always to tighten when I am tired, it hurts, and feels like pins and needles.. how can I control this?
I wanted to mention that I am thinking of going to a psychologist. I need to talk to someone about what I feel, I think I might be developing depression from scoliosis. God, kudos to everyone going thru surgery stage, you are all heroes to me.
Thanks everyone in advance.
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