Early Stage Scoliosis Intervention Facebook Page and Twitter Accounts Lead The Way in a Search for "a Better Way to Fill Emerging Scoliosis Treatment Gap"

    LITITZ, PA, December 15, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Social networking sites have played a significant role in the revolutions springing up around the Middle East this past year and now they are leading the charge to help find a better way to treat scoliosis in the future. The Early Stage Scoliosis Intervention (ESSI) facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/treatingscoliosis) and Twitter accounts (http://www.twitter.com/treatscoliosis) are slowing growing in popularity and following primarily to their unique, pro-active scoliosis treatment message and 100% original content.

Scoliosis occurs in approximately 4.5 percent of the general population. Scoliosis occurs when the spine of the back forms a C or an S shaped curve. The incidence is greater in females than males. Scoliosis patients have symptoms such back pain, hip pain, leg pain, and muscle spasms and in severe cases digestive symptoms, trouble breathing, and significant disability. About 80 percent of all scoliosis cases are idiopathic (unknown cause).

A few symptoms that could indicate a person might have scoliosis are
- Uneven shoulders
- If you wear a shirt or blouse with horizontal stripes and the stripes seem to be going diagonal (this effect caused by body distortion from a curved spine)
- Rib cage sticks out on one side

Scoliosis is often first diagnosed during the teen years at a back to school physical or sports physical. For many years, scoliosis treatment consisted of watching and waiting, rigid scoliosis bracing for 23 hours a day for many years, or scoliosis surgery, depending on the degree of spinal curve. Recently, a new concept of scoliosis treatment has emerged. The advent of Scolioscore genetic testing for scoliosis and other soon-to-be released scoliosis prognostic tests are allowing doctors to identify younger children whom may be "at risk" for developing severe scoliosis with a much greater degree of accuracy. These advancements in early stage scoliosis detection obviously have created a more pressing need for early stage scoliosis interventions as well.

"We are definitely feeling the sense of urgency to find a more effective and less invasive method for treating scoliosis in children whom are at greater risk for developing idiopathic scoliosis", states Dr. Stitzel, director of the Lancaster Spinal Health Center in Lancaster, Pa. Dr. Stitzel explained that little to know innovation has been spend on the concept of early stage scoliosis intervention, because no one has been able to predict which children are at an elevated risk of developing scoliosis until recently.

According to Dr. Stitzel, "It really opens up a whole new world of scoliosis treatment possibilities when you can identify which kids are most at risk and it also allows for the ability to study which scoliosis treatments has the most effect on altering the natural course of the scoliosis condition on this "at risk" patient population as well."

Dr. Clayton Stitzel is a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania native who graduated from Manheim Central High School. He earned a bachelors degree from Penn State University in 1998 majoring in kinesiology (the advanced study of biomechanics). Dr. Stitzel is a 2002 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. He is the co-developer of the scoliosis traction chair. Dr. Stitzel is one of eleven health care providers in the U.S. that have received advanced certification in the care of scoliosis patients by the CLEAR Institute- scoliosis intensive care certified Appointments for scoliosis consultations with him can be made by calling (717) 627-3009.

For more information on scoliosis, please visit these web sites http://www.lancasterspinalhealthcenter.com and http://www.clear-institute.org/freeinfo.

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