Living with a curve,
without living in pain.
A scoliosis diagnosis usually arrives with a number and very little else — a degree of curve, a recommendation to watch it, and no real answer for the aching between your shoulder blades or the way one hip sits higher than the other.
Chiropractic care does not straighten a curve. What it can do is address what the curve is doing to everything around it: the muscles working overtime on one side, the joints that have stopped moving well, and the pain that makes you brace against your own posture.
What we actually do
about a curve.
- A full postural and movement evaluation, so we know which parts of your spine have gone stiff and which are compensating
- Digital X-ray on site when imaging is needed, rather than sending you elsewhere and waiting
- Gentle, low-force adjusting to the segments that are restricted — never forced through a curve
- Cox Technique flexion-distraction where a disc is involved as well, which Dr. Propper is certified in
- Honest referral when a curve needs orthopaedic or bracing input, and co-management alongside it
People we see most.
- Adults living with a curve diagnosed years ago that has started aching
- Parents whose child was flagged at a school screening and who want a second opinion before deciding anything
- Anyone told to simply monitor a curve, with no plan for the pain in the meantime
- Patients already under orthopaedic care who want the surrounding stiffness treated too
Related to your curve.
Straight answers,
including the honest no.
Can chiropractic care correct my scoliosis?
No, and anyone who tells you otherwise is overselling. A structural curve is not something an adjustment straightens. What care can change is the pain, stiffness and restricted movement that come with it — which for most adults is the part actually affecting daily life.
Is adjusting safe with a scoliotic spine?
Yes, when the technique is chosen for your spine rather than applied to it. We evaluate first and use low-force methods, working with the segments that are restricted rather than forcing anything through the curve.
My child was flagged at a school screening. What now?
Bring the screening result in and we will evaluate properly. Many flagged curves are mild and simply need tracking. If the curve warrants orthopaedic assessment or bracing, we will say so and help you get there — that referral is part of the job, not a failure of it.
Do I need imaging before you treat me?
Not always, but if we need to see the curve we can take digital X-rays on site. Bring any imaging you already have — recent films save you a repeat exposure.
Bring us the films
and the aching back.
We will evaluate properly, tell you plainly what care can and cannot change, and get to work on the part that is hurting.