{"id":4409,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/scoliosis\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:54:08","slug":"scoliosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/paediatricorthopaedics\/scoliosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoliosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u200b<strong>Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scoliosis \u2013 Information for GPs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine, usually occurring during rapid growth. It is often picked up after a holiday when a parent has seen the child in a swimsuit. Any further deterioration is unlikely after the cessation of growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please ask about pain, lower limb neurology, family history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On examination there is often asymmetry at the shoulders, scapulae, waist or anterior superior iliac crests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When examining them on forward flexion there is often unilateral elevation of the posterior ribcage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M.A. &amp; M-J.S. 24-03-22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Primary Care Management<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p>Please advise patients that no exercise will make it worse, and swimming may help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please refer to orthopaedics and do not x-ray.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Resources and Links<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8203;Information Scoliosis &ndash; Information for GPs Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine, usually occurring during rapid growth. It is often picked up after a holiday when a parent has seen the child in a swimsuit. Any further deterioration is unlikely after the cessation of growth. Please ask about pain, lower limb neurology, family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[772],"class_list":["post-4409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-https-apps-testing28-scot-nhs-uk-refhelp-guidelines-scoliosis"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/category\/paediatric\/paediatricorthopaedics\/https-apps-testing28-scot-nhs-uk-refhelp-guidelines-scoliosis\/\" rel=\"tag\">Scoliosis<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"&#8203;Information Scoliosis &ndash; Information for GPs Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine, usually occurring during rapid growth. It is often picked up after a holiday when a parent has seen the child in a swimsuit. Any further deterioration is unlikely after the cessation of growth. Please ask about pain, lower limb neurology, family","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4409"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22321,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4409\/revisions\/22321"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}