Dingo, do you think that IIS and JIS might have the same basic causes as AIS?
I'm interested in this as I had IIS myself. The theory regarding muscle strength imbalance sounds plausible to me, but the balance theory doesn't so much because I developed scoliosis as a baby long before I had even begun to sit up.
In my case it's beginning to look as though my scoliosis is due to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome though, so perhaps it isn't IIS at all! The number of people I know who have joint hypermobility and scoliosis makes me think that connective tissue laxity could at least be a contributing factor in many cases.
I'm interested in this as I had IIS myself. The theory regarding muscle strength imbalance sounds plausible to me, but the balance theory doesn't so much because I developed scoliosis as a baby long before I had even begun to sit up.
In my case it's beginning to look as though my scoliosis is due to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome though, so perhaps it isn't IIS at all! The number of people I know who have joint hypermobility and scoliosis makes me think that connective tissue laxity could at least be a contributing factor in many cases.
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