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Scoliosis is when the spine is twisted or curved (to some degree) which would often make one hip more prominent than the other or your shoulders at different heights.
Kyphosis is when the spine actually 'hunches' forward. As blunt and terrible as it sounds, if you have a very high degree of scoliosis, your back may look like a less severe version of a hunchback.
I'm no doctor, but I have experienced both Scoliosis and Kyphosis, so this is what I understand them to be.
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Cure for a bent spine?
There are many different types of spine problems that may be called a bent spine. Some are kyphosis and scoliosis. A treatment for scoliosis or kyphosis can be a back brace, or in severe cases corrective surgery.
What are the posture defects?
Kyphosis Lordosis Scoliosis
Is scoliosis a lay term for humpback?
They are 2 different conditions. Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine away from the middle. Kyphosis (humpback) is an overlapping of the vertebrae in the upper back.
What are the deformities in poor posture?
Kyphosis, lordosis and scoliosis
What are two types of skeletal system diseases?
Kyphosis and Scoliosis
What is An excessive concave curvature of the thoracic spine?
Either Scoliosis or Kyphosis. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine, primarily in the thoracic region. Kyphosis is the forward bending of the thoracic region, the "round back" deformity.
What are the types of postural defects?
Some types of posture defects are kyphosis, scoliosis, and lordosis. . These are different types of spine curvature problems. For example, scoliosis is a posture defect in which the spine has a C-shaped or S-shaped curve. Lordosis is also known as swayback and kyphosis is a hunched back.
What are common problems with sacral vertebrae in children?
kyphosis, lordosis and scoliosis
What are the four major types of postural disorder?
kyphosis,lordosis,kypholordosis,scoliosis
What are some afflictions of the vertebral column?
Some afflictions of the vertebral column are scoliosis, lordosis, and kyphosis. These all deal with a curvatures in different regions of the vertebral column.
What is reverse kyphosis?
The term kyphosis, refers to an abnormal and exaggerated rounding of the spine. To use an example, the Hunchback of Notre Dame had kyphosis. Kyphosis refers to the normal convex curvature of the spine as it occurs in the thoracic and sacral regions.
In describing abnormal curvatures it could be said that kyphosis is an exaggerated thoracic curvature and in what the vertebral column is displaced laterally?
scoliosis
