Can Damage Body Posture, Recognize Symptoms Of Scoliosis

Symptoms of Scoliosis (Photo: Pexels)

Skoliosis is an abnormally curved condition of the spine to the side. This condition is often experienced by children of pre-employment age and occurs a lot without knowing the cause at all (idioptic). Based on gender, it is known that women experience this condition more but the cause is still not found. Talking about the characteristics of the body that can be suspected of scoliosis, one of which is the height of the back between the right and left which is different, but in some cases the height of the back is the same. In addition, right or left elbows that do not stick to the waist can also be a sign that leads to scoliosis.

Health expert who is a member of the Indonesian Association of Orthopaedi & Traumatology Specialists Dr Widyastuti Srie Utami, Sp. OT (K) said that skoliosis only causes constant pain in the back.

"Most of the large degree of scoliosis will cause patients to continue to feel sore on their backs and in terms of appearance, their back looks asymmetric," said Dr. Widyastuti, quoted from ANTARA, Monday, August 21. According to Widyastuti, symptoms such as pain that radiates, numbness or tingling to the feet, feel like being hit on the feet and weak is not a sign of skoliosis. Widyastuti explained that gelaka could be due to other conditions of health problems such as pinched nerves but this requires further examination of doctors.

"If there are complaints other than sore, don't diagnose it yourself because of scoliosis. Make sure to the doctor, it could be a spinal problem," said the doctor who practices at Pondok Indah Hospital.

Widyastuti mengingatkan bahwa meskipun skoliosis dapat terlihat, pemeriksaan lanjutan juga dibutuhkan guna mengetahui sudut lengkung tulang belakang dan menentukan tindakan penanganan selanjutnya.Dia menambahkan, skoliosis yang dibiarkan tanpa perawatan berisiko merusak postur tubuh, menyebabkan nyeri punggung berkepanjangan, mengganggu fungsi paru dan jantung, hingga merusak saraf tulang belakang."Tergantung derajat. Semakin tinggi derajat semakin menimbulkan keluhan atau gejala terutama derajat yang besar misalnya paru-paru tertekan ke salah satu sisi, bernapas lebih enggak enak," demikian jelas Widyastuti.