Diagram Of Scoliosis. The vertebrae and intervertebral discs are decreased in height on the concave side. Scoliosis also causes pathologic changes in the vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs as shown below.
Every scoliosis curve has a concave and a convex part. To make a diagram sketch of your clients scoliosis youre going to need your clients dot sticker pictures a blank piece of paper and a pen or pencil. Your spine in made up of 24 vertebrae and is broken into five parts.
Home exercise program for scoliosis.
Scoliosis is a term used to describe any abnormal sideways curvature of the spine. With scoliosis the spine can curve in one of three ways. Once youve mastered how to do a physical and a visual assessment you can make a diagram sketch directly from your notes and skip the dot sticker picture. As its classified as idiopathic we cant isolate one single known cause for its development but we know it has a lot to do with growth.