How to identify scoliosis in children?

The most important criterion for a child's physical development is the development of his bones. Therefore, to judge a child's future height and physique, you can basically determine it by looking at the condition of his bones. Some children have poor living habits and often do not sit in the correct posture, which leads to skeletal deformities. For example, scoliosis is a typical manifestation. Let’s take a look at how to identify scoliosis in children.

Bad habits such as incorrect writing posture, looking down at the phone, facing the computer for a long time, dozing off in a car, and using an inappropriate pillow height will put pressure on the spine for a long time. Over time, the spine becomes "overloaded" and joint dislocations and symptoms can easily occur. Once adolescent scoliosis develops, the condition will worsen year by year as the child grows and develops. For scoliosis within 40 degrees, conservative treatment can be carried out through manual spinal joint adjustment, wearing orthotic vests, wearing customized orthotics, etc. depending on the severity of the condition. However, if the scoliosis exceeds 40 degrees and becomes more severe year by year, the only option is expensive and high-risk surgical treatment.

First, let the child wear a tight single-layer top or take off the top, stand barefoot naturally, and the parents stand behind the child to observe:

Step 1: Check whether the child's shoulders are at the same height;

Step 2: Feel the shoulder blades on the child's back with your hand to see if one side of the shoulder blade is protruding backwards;

Step 3: Touch the shoulder blades on the child's back with your hand to see if the bottom ends of the two shoulder blades are at the same height. Then ask the child to bend over and let his hands hang naturally.

Step 4: Touch and compare the child's back on both sides to see if there is any bulge or symmetry;

Step 5: Touch and compare the child's waist on both sides to see if there is a bulge and whether it is symmetrical;

Step 6: Use your middle finger and index finger to pinch the spinal process and draw down to see if you can draw a normal straight line.

If any abnormality is found in any of these six steps, the child should be taken to the hospital's spinal specialist for examination as soon as possible, and X-rays should be taken for further diagnosis. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, timely and systematic treatment should be given to avoid delaying the disease. At the same time, he advocated that parents and children should have a healthy lifestyle, such as developing good sleeping habits, not sleeping on their stomachs, and choosing a suitable pillow; do not maintain the same posture for a long time, but stand up and move around every hour or so, stretch, and drink a glass of water... and do a good job of disease prevention.