• Scoliosis patients have lower bone density in general than their non-scoliosis peers
• Bone density is related to vitamin D levels
• The average level of vitamin D in patients with idiopathic scoliosis is 24 nanograms
• The labs consider >30 nanograms to be normal, but the healthy range is really >50 nanograms

• Menopause leads to bone density decline
• Menopause is an isolated life-stage where women go through a lot of hormone changes
• Men experience andropause
• Perimenopause is a more accurate term
• The process can take ten years
• There is a difference between what is normal and what is common

• 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

• People often consider the impacts of hormonal imbalance on reproduction
• The impact on mood & sleep should be front & center
• For scoliosis patients, the accompanying hormone imbalances will influence the behavior of children & adults alike
• Estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, & metabolic pathways
• Discusses options for restoring normal physiology

• Scoliosis is a whole condition, not just a curvature
• 40 years of research has evolved our understanding of scoliosis, some as far back as the 1980s
• ScoliSMART has internal research, but a large amount of research is already published externally
• The curvature is the predominate symptom of a much bigger picture
• Serotonin and melatonin levels play a role is scoliosis

Topics include: 

• How ScoliSMART came to be 
• Why it exists now 
• What you can expect from ScoliSMART in the near future

• Scoliosis pain management requires a multi-dimensional approach
• The pain is often chronic
• The curvature balance is more important than the degree of the curve as it relates to pain
• Factors other than the curvature itself also contribute to the pain
• To learn more, visit us at treatingscoliosis.com
• Join our Facebook group "Scoliosis Warriors"

• Hormones are signaling molecules
• Conventional wisdom is that hormone decline is normal with aging
• In fact, we are aging because our hormones are declining
• Hormones affect bone density
• Many adult scoliosis patients get marginalized
• One of the biggest things to help adult scoliosis patients is to test hormones with saliva testing
• To learn more, visit us at treatingscoliosis.com
• Join our Facebook group "Scoliosis Warriors"

• To learn more, visit us at treatingscoliosis.com
• Join our Facebook group "Scoliosis Warriors"

• To learn more, visit us at treatingscoliosis.com
• Join our Facebook group "Scoliosis Warriors"