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Scoliosis
Scoliosis changes the way the spine is shaped and can influence how the rest of the body moves and adapts. Improving mobility throughout the body may help many people move more comfortably and efficiently.
Start With Something Simple
If you've been diagnosed with scoliosis, one of the simplest things you can do for your body is keep moving. Walking is a great place to start. Your pelvis, hips, spine, rib cage, shoulders, and arms all participate when you walk, making it an easy way to give your body regular, natural movement.
You can also try these two gentle movements:
Lower Back Rotation Stretch
Lie comfortably on your back with your knees bent and your feet on the floor. Keeping your knees together, slowly lower them toward one side until you feel a comfortable stretch through your lower back or hips. Hold for 10–20 seconds, slowly return to center, and repeat on the other side. Keep the movement controlled rather than allowing your legs to simply fall from side to side. Repeat 2–3 times on each side.
Cat-Cow
Start on your hands and knees. Slowly let your abdomen move toward the floor as you gently lift your chest and tailbone. Then reverse the movement, gently rounding your back toward the ceiling while allowing your head and tailbone to move downward. Continue slowly between the two positions for 5–10 comfortable repetitions.
Neither exercise is about forcing your spine into a particular position. Stay within a comfortable range, move slowly, and don't push into increasing pain.
Your Spine Is Designed to Adapt
One of the remarkable things about the human body is its ability to adapt. When your body has been moving in a particular pattern for a long time, the muscles and other tissues surrounding your spine, pelvis, and rib cage can adapt to that pattern. For better and for worse. Some areas may become tighter or less mobile, while other areas may have to work differently to compensate. Temporary patterns serve a beneficial purpose. But over time, that adapted pattern can become your body's familiar way of moving.
That's one reason long-standing scoliosis can require patience. We're not simply dealing with the shape of the spine—we're dealing with a body that may have spent years adapting the way it moves around that pattern. The good news is that there's often a lot we can work with. By improving movement through the pelvis, spine, rib cage, and surrounding areas, while also addressing the tension and compensation the body has developed over time, we can help create better movement throughout the body.
When a pattern has been there for a long time, it may take some consistency. Your body has had time to adapt to the way it's been moving, so part of the process is helping it become comfortable with a better way of moving.
The goal is to help your body move as freely and comfortably as it's capable of moving—and then support that progress with regular movement, stretching, strengthening, and other appropriate self-care.
Even when the structure itself isn't something we can fully change, improving mobility, reducing unnecessary tension, and helping the rest of the body move more freely can still be worthwhile.
It's All Connected
When someone has scoliosis, it's easy to focus exclusively on the spine. But your spine doesn't move independently from the rest of your body. Your pelvis, SI joints, hips, spine, rib cage, shoulders, and surrounding muscles all work together as you stand, walk, bend, and move.
In our experience at Natural Motion, pelvic mobility is an especially important area to evaluate. When the hips, pelvis, or SI joints aren't moving well, the body may compensate elsewhere. The pelvis can be an important part of understanding how your body is moving as a whole. That's one reason Myopractic begins with the pelvis and then works through the rest of the body rather than simply focusing on the visible curvature of the spine.
What to Expect From Myopractic Care if You Have Scoliosis
Your Myopractor will evaluate how your body is moving and look for areas where movement may be restricted.
From there, we use hands-on techniques to help improve movement throughout the body. Your session may include soft-tissue manipulation, joint mobilization, stretching, and other techniques based on what we find and what your body needs that day. Particular attention may be given to areas of tension, restriction, and compensation through the pelvis, hips, spine, rib cage, shoulders, and surrounding tissues.
How your body responds will depend on your individual situation. For some people, there may be room to improve the movement patterns we're finding. For others—particularly those with more established structural changes—the goal may be less about changing the curvature itself and more about helping the body remain as mobile, comfortable, and functional as possible.
In those situations, care may become more of an ongoing process. Rather than trying to force the body into a shape it isn't capable of maintaining, we work with the body we have and help it move as freely as it's willing and able to move.
Rather than applying the exact same routine to everyone, your session is guided by what we find as we evaluate how your body is moving.
As Myopractors, we're excellent at helping people move and feel better. But even though we're great at what we do, we're still only one piece of the puzzle. A very effective one, but just one piece.
What you do outside of your sessions matters even more. The more you understand your body and take an active role in your own health, the more you can support and accelerate the progress we make together. When scoliosis is an issue, everyday habits can play an important role in helping you maintain the progress you're making and keep feeling your best. Our goal isn't to make you dependent on frequent care. it's to help you get back to moving and feeling your best, so your body doesn't keep you from doing the things you love. That's the idea behind the Life Is Motion Newsletter. Each article shares practical ideas to help you better understand your body, move better, build simple habits, and become the healthiest version of yourself.
How Many Sessions Will I Need?
The good news is that often people notice relief in their first session.
Additional sessions build on that progress.
If you've been dealing with scoliosis for a while, we wouldn't expect one session to completely resolve a long-standing pattern. But that doesn't mean you have to wait weeks or months before you start noticing a difference. How much care you'll need depends on what we find: how long the pattern has been present, how frequently you're experiencing discomfort, and how your body responds.
That's one of the reasons we created our New Client 3-Visit Package. Your first session gives us an opportunity to begin making meaningful progress, while the next two allow us to continue addressing remaining tension and restrictions.
By the end of your third session, not only will you hopefully feel better, but together we'll have a much clearer sense of the progress you're making, giving us a much better idea of what you may or may not need going forward.
New Client 3-Visit Package
Includes your Initial Evaluation & Treatment, plus 2 additional Standard Myopractic sessions.
Often people notice a real difference after just one session, but lasting results typically take some consistency up front. By the end of your third session, you'll likely have a much clearer picture of how your body is responding, and we'll be able to give you better guidance on what you may—or may not—need beyond that point.
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Each Myopractic session begins by getting the hips balanced and moving, followed by a whole-body evaluation and treatment. Rather than just focusing only on where you're experiencing discomfort, Myopractic care looks at how the body is moving as a whole to identify and address areas of restriction. Whether you're dealing with pain, limited mobility, or simply want your body moving and functioning at its best, you can schedule your appointment below.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can Myopractic help with scoliosis?
Scoliosis changes the way the spine is shaped and can influence how the rest of the body moves and adapts. Limited mobility or misalignment of the pelvis and SI joints can play a role in how the spine compensates, and as that mobility and alignment improve, the spine has a better foundation to work from. That's why the pelvis is one of the central focuses of Myopractic. From there, we take a full-body approach to help improve mobility through the hips, spine, rib cage and shoulders, and many people find they move more comfortably. Results vary from person to person.
Will Myopractic straighten my spine?
A picture-perfect spine on an X-ray isn't the main goal. Every body is unique, and what matters most is how freely your body moves. Myopractic focuses on improving mobility, starting with the pelvis and SI joints and working through the whole body. As the body begins to move more freely, many people find their overall alignment improves too, giving the spine more room to adapt toward a more natural position. Some spines will always have a curve, and a body can still move well and feel good when its alignment isn't textbook. Results vary from person to person.
Why can long-standing scoliosis take patience?
When your body has moved in a particular pattern for a long time, the muscles and tissues around your spine, pelvis and rib cage can adapt to that pattern. Some areas may become tighter or less mobile while others work differently to compensate, and over time that adapted pattern can become your body's familiar way of moving. Part of the process is helping your body become comfortable with a better way of moving, which may take some consistency.
Is scoliosis only about the spine?
No. Your spine doesn't move independently from the rest of your body. Your pelvis, SI joints, hips, spine, rib cage, shoulders and surrounding muscles all work together as you stand, walk and bend. Beyond muscles and bones, tension around the organs, nerves and arteries can also influence how the body moves. Every structure plays a part in movement or the lack of it, and over time those patterns can build up and ripple through the body. That's why we look at how the whole body is moving rather than focusing only on the visible curve.
What does a Myopractic session for scoliosis include?
Your Myopractor will evaluate how your body is moving and look for areas where movement may be restricted. Your session may include soft-tissue manipulation, joint mobilization, stretching and other techniques based on what we find, with particular attention to areas of tension, restriction and compensation through the pelvis, hips, spine, rib cage and shoulders.
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Mesa: 4447 E. Broadway Rd. Ste. 108, Mesa, AZ 85206
Queen Creek: 22707 S. Ellsworth Rd. H-104, Queen Creek, AZ 85142
Phone: 480-712-2555