- Getting together around the holidays & eating too much can aggravate the back pain of someone with scoliosis
- The chief impact of scoliosis in adults is musculoskeletal pain
- Extra stress & leverage on the spine generates pain
- Back muscles are anti-gravity muscles, which spasm when fatigued and cause pain
- Improving the curve or vertical balance will relieve pain Metabolic aspects can dramatically increase pain via an inflammation response
- Dr. Morningstar lists these metabolic aspects & how to tackle them
- 1lb of body weight = 3 lbs of force on your joints
Scoliosis & Holiday Eating
December 4, 2021
In this episode of Scoliosis World, Dr. Morningstar explains the musculoskeletal and metabolic aspects of scoliosis and how they influence the intensity of pain an adult living with scoliosis experiences, especially as those metabolic aspects are tied to holiday eating.
