Hi Everyone,
As I'm researching more I'm reading that scoliosis can be caused by disc herniation? Has anyone else heard of this or know if this is their case?
No doctor ever told me this could be the case.
Here is a quick story of what happened to me:
Around age 12 diagnosed with scoliosis- cannot remember if that was before or after I had a bad fall off my horse (landed on my tailbone). I kept complaining about pain and finally had an MRI done only to discover the last two discs of my back (L4 and L5??) are bulging/herniated. My scoliosis happens to be in the lumbar region and to the left.
If this is true that scoliosis can be caused by herniation is it possible to believe I can somehow "fix" it.
My theory:
The fall caused my discs to bulge. The muscle spasms/tightness in the muscles gradually pulled my spine out of place (since I was young and still growing). As time went on and nothing was done to correct the imbalanced and tight muscles they simply continued to pull my spine further and further to the left which might explain why it did not stop/stabalize when I hit puberty. Therefore, if I can get those muscles to relax and get my back to somehow pull the other way or realign itself (looking at structural integration/rolfing for that) I could eventually "cure" or reduce the curve.
Questions:
Has anyone heard of hernation causing scoliosis and if so (since the muscles would mainly be causing the problems) can it be reduced or corrected without surgery.
Thank you for help!
~Tracy
As I'm researching more I'm reading that scoliosis can be caused by disc herniation? Has anyone else heard of this or know if this is their case?
No doctor ever told me this could be the case.
Here is a quick story of what happened to me:
Around age 12 diagnosed with scoliosis- cannot remember if that was before or after I had a bad fall off my horse (landed on my tailbone). I kept complaining about pain and finally had an MRI done only to discover the last two discs of my back (L4 and L5??) are bulging/herniated. My scoliosis happens to be in the lumbar region and to the left.
If this is true that scoliosis can be caused by herniation is it possible to believe I can somehow "fix" it.
My theory:
The fall caused my discs to bulge. The muscle spasms/tightness in the muscles gradually pulled my spine out of place (since I was young and still growing). As time went on and nothing was done to correct the imbalanced and tight muscles they simply continued to pull my spine further and further to the left which might explain why it did not stop/stabalize when I hit puberty. Therefore, if I can get those muscles to relax and get my back to somehow pull the other way or realign itself (looking at structural integration/rolfing for that) I could eventually "cure" or reduce the curve.
Questions:
Has anyone heard of hernation causing scoliosis and if so (since the muscles would mainly be causing the problems) can it be reduced or corrected without surgery.
Thank you for help!
~Tracy
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