Does your scoliosis cause you chest pain?

One of the most serious effect scoliosis can have on your health is the compression of the heart and lungs. The compression can lead to disease in these organs, and even a heart attack. read more

Your curvature might be directly affecting your chest and heart area due to your own unique spinal curve and the way the spine connects with your rib cage, and since scoliosis has a sideways twisting of the spine as well as a twisting or torquing component like a DNA helix, you might be experiencing some pain as these dynamics increase or the curvature progresses. read more

Thankyou Neuromuscular. Scoliosis causes chest pain. SB is a neuromuscular condition that causes muscle weakness, spasticity or paralysis, making them unable to support the spine, resulting in scoliosis. If not fused in adolescence, scoliosis can progress in adulthood. Premature arthritis of SB includes the spine & worsens with age. read more

Scoliosis can affect any part of the spine, and if the curve occurs in the upper (thoracic) region of the patient's back, it can have a significant knock-on effect on that person's chest. If left untreated, thoracic scoliosis can cause your chest to deform; as the spine becomes more and more twisted, so does the chest. read more