Scoliosis is a spinal condition where an abnormal curve disrupts the body’s overall functionality, impacting posture, movement, and well-being. Since it’s progressive it worsens over time. At the stage when scoliosis tends to compress it has a direct impact on the vital organs. While most individuals don’t understand that their digestive system is being affected due to scoliosis, they keep treating the symptoms without knowing the root cause.
It can affect your digestive system in three ways: neurologically, structurally, and motion and mobility. As we all know our brain and spinal cord together work as key components of the central nervous system to seamlessly receive, process, and translate sensory information into motor responses, any disruption caused to one can hamper the functionality of another. When an abnormally curved spine disrupts the skeletal system it gradually affects the nervous system as well.
Relation of Lumbar Scoliosis and Digestive System
The most common scoliosis that we come across among our patients is lumbar scoliosis– the sideway curvature in the lower spine. It can occur in people at any age and can affect the digestive system in numerous ways. When lumbar occurs it affects the lower nerves that have a direct impact on the functionality of the vital organs they’re controlling. This is often termed as pressure or tension in the nervous system or subluxation, leading to compression of the spinal nerve. This abnormal curve of the spine then can lead to compression of the stomach, intestine, and esophagus, causing difficulty in swallowing and digesting food.
Also, one thing that the majority of individuals don’t know is that when it starts to compress and the curve starts to get bigger and bigger, it shortens the torso length. This decreases the space between the organs that is vital for organs to function properly. So, compression leads to difficulty in the movement of substances, ultimately hampering the digestive system.
Focus on Treating the Cause than Symptoms
As mentioned earlier, when many individuals are not fully aware of why their digestive system is not functioning properly, they tend to treat the symptoms. Due to this, the problems reoccur leading to no permanent solution. Since they focused on treating symptoms, they had to face recurring problems. In contrast, if the focus had been on knowing the root cause, the problem would have been controlled at an initial stage. To improve the digestive system, it’s important for patients undergoing scoliosis to focus on reducing nerve pressure and improving the length of the torso and mobility of the spine. This can be done by adopting corrective measures and following the right practices and treatment options suggested by your chiropractor. Over here corrective SpineCor brace can prove to be of great help in improving the digestive system.
Contact Scoliosis GTA
Whether you’re looking forward to scoliosis treatment for adults or it’s therapy treatment for your children, you can contact us at Scoliosis GTA. We take pride in providing all with the best treatment in Toronto. Visit our Scoliosis Centre in Toronto where the best scoliosis doctor in Toronto is available for your service. We provide both SpineCor scoliosis brace and ScoliBrace for adults. If you want a corrective approach to scoliosis, then schedule an appointment with Scoliosis GTA today.