Scoliosis and Nutrition By Kylie Dowling – Nutritionist When treating someone with any condition, it is important to treat the whole person. While the research in this area still has a long way to go, there are definitely steps parents of children with scoliosis, or adults with scoliosis, can take to maximise optimum health. My
Good gut health is the cornerstone of a healthy body and mind. Hippocrates wasn’t wrong when he said “all disease begins in the gut”. Yet, is there a link to scoliosis? Nothing definitive has been proven but we are seeing more research come out in this area. However we see daily the commitment to treatment
Several theories have been proposed to explain the cause of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). However there is limited data on the impact of Vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency on scoliosis. We know from previous studies that vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are prevalent in adolescents, including AIS patients. In fact, it has been shown that