Exercise therapy and exercises for grade 1 and 2 scoliosis in children

Treatment of scoliosis

Technically correct are those exercises that, in accordance with the laws of biomechanics of the human body, equalize the strength of the 4 muscular walls of the body, form a muscle corset and straighten scoliosis.
Scoliosis can be completely straightened before the age of 12-13! All parents need to know that SCOLIOSIS is one of the main culprits of all subsequent human-acquired spinal diseases in children!
The bone structure of the spine, distorted by scoliosis, is corrected by a specially selected SYSTEM of exercises. If the parents themselves had scoliosis and noticed a slight curvature in the child, and at the same time did not take preventive measures, did not begin to develop their own and the child’s muscular corset, then do not be surprised by the appearance of back pain and the acquisition of spinal diseases through their own fault: osteochondrosis, spondyloarthrosis, radiculitis , intervertebral hernia, etc.

Scoliosis surgery in children

For younger children (under 10 years of age), surgery may be recommended to install special rods near the spine. This allows you to stop the progression of spinal deformity as the child grows.

After surgery, your child will need to see their specialist every few months to have the rods lengthened so as not to interfere with bone growth.

Depending on the type of rods used, this will be done either:

• during a minor surgical procedure where the rods are stretched through a small incision in the back
• using a special remote control that activates the magnets inside the rods - and then no cuts are required to extend the rods

Even if the child has had surgery, he may need to wear a back brace.

Once the child's growth is complete, the rods can be removed and final surgery can be performed to straighten the spine.

Treatment of scoliosis with therapeutic exercises

My vast 30 years of practical experience working with people with scoliosis and various other diseases of the spine has led me to the firm conviction that it is pointless to treat mechanical disorders in the skeletal structure of the spine using passive methods! Medicines, physiotherapy, massage, acupuncture and any other passive means of treatment, where the doctor moves, and not the patient, help only temporarily; they will relieve pain and inflammation, but they will not be able to return the vertebrae to their place or straighten the curvature of the bone structure.

Osteopaths and manuals can forcefully correct a bone structure distorted by scoliosis, but, unfortunately, before the first “bump” or step... the “knock” and the vertebrae will slide back into the usual crooked, incorrect position, since there is simply nothing to hold the bones “exposed” by someone else’s force! ! After all, a person does not have the necessary muscle corset, he has never strengthened it purposefully or trained his muscles with incorrect exercises, so the musculoskeletal system has already become accustomed to the incorrect crooked position of bones and joints...

To maintain the vertical upright posture of its owner, the spine adjusted itself and compensated for the vertical position of the bone structure with scoliotic arches (curvature). So, it is impossible to straighten a curved and adjusted structure forever by forceful manipulation of another person; the vertebrae will always slide back because there is no supporting muscle corset.

Therefore, a person will endlessly turn to manuals to relieve his well-being, and constant manipulation of manuals leads to instability and displacement of the vertebrae, called “habitual dislocation.” Then will follow the diseases osteochondrosis - decreased disc height, disease of the spinal joints - spondyloarthrosis, deformation of cartilage discs - disc herniation, etc. Suffering from back pain will be endless until a person understands that he needs to make his own efforts and form a muscle corset , which will protect and hold the vertebrae in their original place.

It is possible to safely reconfigure the musculoskeletal system if you equalize the strength of the 4 muscular walls of the torso , namely, return MUSCLE BALANCE to the skeletal muscles and optimally equalize the curvature, persistently doing technically correct exercises of therapeutic gymnastics. This is my professional opinion, formed by many years of work in this direction, tested in practice and confirmed by the results of people who received the effect after training with my professionally selected video sets of exercises. scoliosis treatment

Contraindications

Before you begin performing exercises to treat scoliosis, you need to consider possible limitations and contraindications:

• Jogging with spinal curvature is only possible in the first and second stages of the disease. In more difficult stages, running is prohibited. It is also not recommended if the disease progresses rapidly. All other types of athletics are also not recommended.
• You should not perform asymmetrical exercises, that is, those that put stress on one side of the body. When they occur, there is an uneven distribution of the load on the hip joints, which negatively affects the course of the disease. For the same reason, you should not dance.
• Asana for scoliosis in the form of a lotus pose is contraindicated, as it causes improper loading of the hip joints during the disease.
• Somersaults are strictly prohibited at all stages of the disease.
• Active games such as badminton, basketball, volleyball, football are also prohibited. Because of the sudden movements and intense body turns that are used in them.

Contraindications for scoliosis can also be caused by concomitant diseases.

Gymnastics for scoliosis

The ONLY effective and safe treatment for scoliosis is gymnastics for scoliosis , and more specifically, it is the correction of the spinal column with technically correct exercises and the same development of symmetrical muscles. And, what is especially important for me, exercises for scoliosis should be performed only in a LYING position, with complete unloading of the spine. This is regular and targeted training aimed at equalizing the strength of the muscles of the front, back and 2 lateral surfaces of the body; it is equalizing the strength of the skeletal muscles that will ensure a gradual RECONFIGURATION of the entire musculoskeletal system of the spine.

This is a long process, but the most reliable and safe for a person and, most importantly, for the growing and developing child’s body! The main thing is to start doing therapeutic exercises for scoliosis in childhood and not waste precious time.

Very often, it is difficult for me, an experienced exercise therapy trainer, to qualify the standard prescriptions of neurologists. A patient with a spinal structure curved by scoliosis complains of headaches and pressure surges, but MRI readings show no changes in the blood vessels of the brain. The doctor, despite the good MRI results... without finding any cerebral vascular disorders, still prescribes the drugs Cavinton or droppers of Actovegin and Thiocetam - these are the strongest drugs that are used to treat stroke, encephalopathy and other ischemic disorders in adults and children! Why should a patient treat non-existent diseases? Why treat healthy blood vessels? Just in case?

It would be much more reasonable and competent to prescribe regular therapeutic exercises using professionally selected exercise systems aimed at correcting scoliosis. The programs have been tested by people for decades, who actually correct the curvature of the spinal column and form a protective muscular corset for the spine. Why poison a person with medications when you can use safe exercises and a balanced load to eliminate the REASONS that caused deformation of the bone structure of the spine, compression of the spinal nerves and compression of the cervical vertebral arteries, leading to infringement of blood flow to the brain???

Such appointments by neurologists occur everywhere (people write to me), doctors do not try to look for the cause of a person’s suffering, and sometimes they deliberately do not pay attention to the presence of the main culprit in the patient... scoliosis! They continue to uselessly treat the symptoms of the disease and its consequences….

The effectiveness of exercise therapy

The success of treatment through exercise therapy depends solely on the stage of scoliosis. As practice shows, stages 1 and 2 are best treated, while to improve the condition of a patient with scoliosis at stages 3 and 4, you will have to resort to surgical treatment. The first case is characterized by complete recovery after just six months of regular and persistent physical therapy exercises.

Such therapeutic physical training will be effective only in the first 2 stages, while curvature of the spine is best treated before the age of 25. It is during this period that the most active development of tissues of the musculoskeletal system occurs. Of course, treatment also helps at an older age, but it may take much longer.

Exercises for scoliosis

By technically correct exercises, I mean exercises that clearly, in accordance with the laws of biomechanics of the human body , equalize the strength of all 4 muscular walls of the body, gradually and painlessly return the vertebrae to their original place, restore balance to the body, the lost correct shape of the spine, and its joints functionality.

Technically correct exercises for scoliosis must be systematized and, above all, must be safe and effective. They may be difficult to perform and even uncomfortable at first, but they should not cause pain and in no case should they harm or aggravate the disease!

The straightening effect from correctly selected exercises should be visually visible after a month of daily training, but if you exercise for more than a month and do not see the effect, this means you are wasting time and doing the wrong exercises, and you need to urgently stop exercising so as not to harm the spine and its joints in the treatment of scoliosis.

A correctly selected system of exercises for spinal scoliosis:

• It will tone all symmetrical muscles and eliminate muscle imbalance, which is one of the culprits of curvature of the bone structure of the spine. It is the harmonious development of symmetrical muscles that is muscle balance , which aligns the passive bone structure, and not vice versa, as “experts” who do not have knowledge of biomechanics believe.
• A correctly selected system of exercises will harmoniously develop all 4 muscle walls , of which a protective muscle corset for the spine should consist: these are the abdominal muscles, the back muscles and the muscles of the 2 lateral surfaces of the torso.
• Technically correct exercises will equalize the strength of symmetrical muscles, thereby achieving a corrective effect and eliminating distortion (curvature) in the bony structure of the spine. Therefore, the compensatory muscle cushion should gradually decrease as the skeletal muscles return to balance.
• Regular exercise and a properly selected system of exercises will stop the process of spinal deformation, optimally straighten scoliosis and maintain correct posture.

Remember that gymnastics aimed specifically at eliminating scoliosis will help form a reliable muscular corset for the spine, which will create the necessary conditions for the restoration of damaged joints and intervertebral discs.

Regular exercises in smart gymnastics are necessary for all healthy people and especially children for PREVENTION!

Regular exercise and proper exercise are the main means of treating scoliosis and stopping its progression.

Basic set of exercises

The initial set of exercises for grade 1 scoliosis includes the following parts:

• warm-up;
• exercises, IP - lying on your back;
• exercises, initial position - lying on your stomach;
• exercises, IP - standing, - you need to rest between exercises in the starting position, that is, if the exercise is done lying on your back, then you need to rest in the same position.

The lesson begins with unloading the spinal column. Get into a knee-elbow position and walk for at least 2-3 minutes.

Exercises performed while lying on your back

These exercises help strengthen your abdominal muscles:

1. Spinal column traction. Lying on your back, pull your legs down as much as possible and your arms up for 15 seconds. Repeat 3-4 times.
2. "Bike". Make movements reminiscent of riding a bicycle, while ensuring that the distance between the lower limbs and the floor is as small as possible. Perform for half a minute, 3 approaches.
3. "Scissors". Make horizontal and vertical crossed swings with the lower limbs. Perform horizontal swings as close to the floor surface as possible. Do the exercises for half a minute, 3 sets.

Exercises while lying on your stomach

Exercises lying on your stomach help strengthen your back muscles:

1. Spinal traction. Lying on your stomach, stretch your lower and upper limbs. Do the exercise 4 times for 15 seconds.
2. "Swimming". Lying on your stomach, lower limbs straight, head resting on the back of your palms. Bend at the waist, simultaneously raise your head, upper torso, upper and lower limbs. In this position, perform movements reminiscent of breaststroke swimming.
3. Lying on your stomach, your head is on the outside of your hand, your lower limbs are extended. Make horizontal and vertical swings with them, while making sure that your hips are lifted off the floor.
4. Hold. The starting position is the same as in the exercise above. Raise your head, upper torso and limbs at the same time. Bring the lower limbs together, spread the upper limbs to the sides, palms facing up. Stay in the position for a quarter of a minute. Do it 4 times. The break between exercises is 10 seconds.

Working in a standing position

Standing exercises:

Rotation of hands. Stand straight, spread your elbows to the sides, place the pads of your fingers on your shoulders. Make rotational movements with your arms backwards

It is important that the range of motion is not too large.

Squats. Stand up straight, spread your upper limbs to the sides, palms facing up

Stand on your toes, then squat down, then back on your toes and take the original position. Do 5-10 squats slowly.

All exercises should be done carefully or completely stopped if the child experiences progression of the disease or grade III and IV scoliosis. There is acute pain in the back during exercise

Or there are severe cerebral circulatory disorders, serious pathologies of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

Treatment of scoliosis with physical exercises

Therapeutic gymnastics for scoliosis gives quick results in children and adolescents with 1-2 degrees of scoliosis. With advanced forms of degrees 3-4, you need to spend much more time to achieve optimal correction of the spine, and with persistent training from degrees 3-4 you can reduce the curvature by 1-2 degrees. With 3-4 degrees of scoliosis in adults, the main goal should be to protect the spine with a muscular corset and stop its inevitable further destruction!

CHILDREN can completely straighten scoliosis with the help of gymnastics until they are 12-13 years old. That is, you need to start doing the right exercises before the bone skeleton is completely ossified! scoliosis treatment

It is important for ADULTS to stop the destruction of their own spine, it is important to optimally correct the degree of curvature by forming a muscle corset and making their own efforts for this.

TO NOT TREAT SCOLIOSIS, YOU SHOULD NOT PURCHASE IT! PARENTS' TASK No. 1 IS TO PREVENT SPINEAL CURVATION IN THEIR OWN CHILDREN!

Tips and recommendations for parents from Elena Pluzhnik:

- from early childhood, check and identify if the child has a difference in leg length and flat feet , which will inevitably lead to scoliosis if the necessary measures are not taken. Develop your own child physically and prevent the appearance of scoliosis! Recommended therapeutic and preventive sets of exercises: Developmental complex for children under 3 years old, Aerobic training + 7 exercises for the spine, Development of Dexterity, Speed, Strength and Coordination

- BEFORE SCHOOL! Before your child sits down for long hours of lessons, strengthen the muscle corset , this means preventing curvature of your child’s spine! It’s better to play it safe in advance and prevent curvature than to straighten it later! recommended complexes to alternate: Aerobic training + 7 exercises for the spine, Development of Agility, Speed, Strength and Coordination

— At the first sign of poor posture or skeletal muscle flaccidity, act! Don’t wander around to doctors, but start doing therapeutic exercises at home with a professional in exercise therapy, which I am.

— If your child has 1-2 degrees of scoliosis, make every effort to straighten the scoliosis before the age of 12, and not wait until the degree of curvature increases and your child develops a hump on the back or a rib hump! Recommended complexes: Aerobic training + 7 exercises for the spine, First aid for back pain, Therapeutic exercises for the neck - these complexes need to be alternated!

- Don’t wear artificial corsets and don’t spend crazy money on the savage individual corset of the “good doctor Jacques Chenault”, instead of this bullying of the child and wasting precious time, work hard and form a NATURAL CORSET FROM YOUR OWN LIVING MUSCLES, practicing an effective and proven system of exercises by a professional in exercise therapy.

- Remember! A properly formed muscle corset is a guarantee of the integrity and health of the spine, these are necessary conditions for the full functioning of a child’s healthy spine, and they are also necessary conditions for restoring an already damaged bone structure. “Eliminate the cause and the disease will go away!” the great Hippocrates said many centuries ago. scoliosis treatment

Dear parents, look at the picture presented: this is how children sit in the absence of a muscular corset at the spine. It is difficult for weak skeletal muscles to keep the spine straight, so it, like a transformer, easily adapts to bad habits, deforms and becomes crooked.

Parents, remember that taking care of your child’s spine is the direct responsibility of parents; do not shift your responsibility to doctors or physical education teachers!

all the necessary sets of exercises for children starting from infancy. The complexes are intended for both prevention and correction of spinal curvature. Listen to my advice listed above and take care of the protective muscle corset yourself, instill in your child a love of movement, otherwise your child will suffer from back pain in the future...

Doctors at the institute are taught to treat the disease itself, and not to eliminate the CAUSE of the disease... But! Agree, it is MEANINGLESS to treat weakness and underdevelopment of skeletal muscles and muscle imbalance with passive methods, and it is even stupid to waste time on this...after all, the health of the child in the future is at stake!

Traditional complex medical treatment: massage, manual therapy, physiotherapy, completely ineffective illiterate exercise therapy in the clinic, drinking calcium, swimming, wearing insoles and an artificial corset (for “crazy” money!), under which even those muscles that were… atrophy. Well, in the end they will offer to operate on the child (not for free) when rapid growth stops......

Gymnastics for those who already have scoliosis:

1. Regularly practice according to Elena Pluzhnik’s system, optimally straighten scoliosis and protect the spine with a muscle corset.
2. Regularly and intelligently train skeletal muscles with safe exercises only in the LYING position?
3. It is strictly forbidden to lift weights and engage in inappropriate types of exercise (barbells, machines, running) in order to prevent the progression of the deformity, further destruction of the spine and the acquisition of new diseases!
4. Always remember that scoliosis is the culprit of all subsequent diseases you acquire, such as: osteochondrosis, protrusion, disc herniation, arthrosis, etc. Remember, your inaction is YOUR help to scoliosis in the destruction of your own spine.
5. Very important! Having scoliosis, do not repeat your own mistakes with your children, and from an early age instill in them responsibility for maintaining the health of their own spine, instill the useful habit of training their body by doing the right exercises! I have already released all the treatment and prophylactic complexes you need.
6. Remember that it is pointless to treat muscle weakness and basic mechanical damage in the bone structure of the spine using passive medical methods. Muscles must work, otherwise they lose their biological functions: motor and protective!

Exercise therapy - therapeutic physical culture - should consist of a SYSTEM of interconnected exercises. I have developed and released a special set of exercises for scoliosis “SCOLIOSIS, KYPHOSIS, KYPHOSCOLIosis” for the treatment of scoliosis at home, it presents exercises and all the latest professional developments for the treatment of scoliosis from Elena Pluzhnik.

As a professional in exercise therapy, I never tire of reminding you that scoliosis is one of the main culprits of all subsequent spinal diseases acquired by a person.

Namely, YOUR inaction can lead you not only to suffering from back pain, but also to the operating table or to a wheelchair, and also complicate the life of your loved ones!

You can protect the spine with a muscle corset and optimally correct the curvature for yourself or your child without the participation of doctors, without a lot of useless extensive paid medical treatment. services, and without products from orthopedic salons, which will only empty your wallet and lead you away from a simple solution. To form a muscle corset and correct the spine, you need to allocate HOLY time and engage in targeted therapeutic exercises with a professional.

How flat feet and leg length differences affect the shape of the spine

The picture presented clearly demonstrates the direct connection between flat feet and the difference in leg length with scoliosis.

Flatfoot is a deformity of the foot in which its longitudinal or transverse arch drops and flattens. The flattening of the foot leads to the loss of its main shock-absorbing function, which negatively affects the knee and hip joints, and subsequently the shape of the entire spine. Remember, flat feet will inevitably lead to scoliosis ! if flat feet are not cured and the muscles of the foot and lower leg are not developed.

Flat feet can be cured or its degree reduced with special exercises.

The difference in leg length , just like flat feet, is one of the main reasons for the formation of scoliosis. Even due to a slight shortening of one leg, the pelvic bones first become distorted (torsion), then the spinal structure, consisting of many small bones and joints, becomes bent.

It is necessary to identify this difference in a timely manner and constantly wear a heel support under the shortened limb, equalizing the length of the legs, and urgently form a protective muscular corset for the spine, which will not allow the spinal column to bend and scoliosis to form! In addition, with different leg lengths, a misalignment occurs in the hip joints and the joint spaces decrease, which will ultimately lead to damage to the cartilaginous surfaces of the hip joints and the disease coxarthrosis .

In all the therapeutic complexes for the spine that I have released, there is a special stretching exercise in the hip joint, which helps to straighten the limbs and also prevents coxarthrosis of the hip joints.

Prevention of scoliosis

The complete lack of muscular protection and support of the spine is also most often one of the main reasons for the acquisition of scoliosis. Due to the weakness of skeletal muscles, children already in primary school acquire scoliosis as soon as they sit down for long hours of lessons. Correcting this is quite simple: you need to prevent scoliosis and give work to the skeletal muscles, thereby FORMING A MUSCLE CORSET and constantly maintaining it in good shape.

To do this, it is necessary to engage in technically correct exercises, which are presented in all treatment and preventive complexes of ELENA PLUZHNIK.

Recommendations from the author: for a therapeutic effect, it is necessary to alternate classes in the main complex for the entire spine with gymnastics for the neck.