scoliosis.

a medical condition where a spine is crooked laterally.
when x-rayed, the scans show the spine in an S or C shaped instead of the usual | line.
as freaky as it sounds, it is actually a very common condition within the human race.

i, have scoliosis.

it was noticed by my auntie back in 2006, when i was form 1.
she was wondering how come my spine looked slightly crooked from the ordinary straight spine.
and since my bro had complicants with his back, i guess it was natural for her to spot my spine.
and the skinny me, was a plus point for her to spot it.
heh.
so yes. she started 'massaging' my back and was then convinced that i had a spine problem
we then went to a doctor at sunway medical centre.
yeah.
went for x-ray and true enough, i have a crooked spine.

i was then given a cast to wear.
it is called 'brace'. or some sort.
i was about to curse at the account of that brace, but yes. i should not.
anyway, this awesome fawsome cast was hard and hot.
i can't really describe to you how it is.
but it is ment to push my spine back to it's original place.

well of course, i was still a kid then,
and it was so uncomfortable,
i couldn't be bothered wearing it 24-7.

i'd like to think that i am mutated.
but sad fact is that millions of others would also be mutated, in this case. =/

i have always been lazy with the way i seat and stand.
my sis and aunt would be whacking my scapula whenever they see me hunching while i walk.
that, was when i was much younger.
and then i have my aunt who is always screaming at me for sitting retardedly, especially when i'm at the desktop.
MAYBE, that is the reason why i have scoliosis.
or perhaps, i was born with it.

whichever it is, it definitely has an effect on my lifestyle.
wearing heels,
sleeping long hours,
sitting down for long hours,
sitting on a chair without back support,
lying down for long hours,
standing for long hours,
carrying heavy loads,
doing bridges and scorpion crap without stretching before hand,
extensive dancing,
all those, i can't do.
in an event that i do have to do that, my lower back will start to ache.
in severe cases, it would be most comforting if i just lie down on my bed, not moving a muscle at all.

but i guess i am lucky, cause i have yet to reach such severity.
i've experience looking at how severe cases would turn out like.
my bro. he had this back pain once, that he could not get out of bed, at all. pretty much like he couldn't move at all.
=/

haha! i bruised my back once.
while i was practising my high jump back in high school.
back in... 2009!
yeap. i was jumping all wrongly and i kept landing on the same spot, with the bar, directly on my spine.
i can't realy recall how bad it was, but i know it left me with a stretch scar.
i'm guessing the bruise to be really bad that my skin had to expand in that way until it left a stretch mark. =/
but i remember that i couldn't sleep on my back at all.
and i'm pretty sure that developed into my current sleeping posture of having my face planted onto the pillow instead of my head.

despite knowing the capability of my back, i still do those crap.
dumb much, but yeap.
if i don't, i'm pretty much lifeless. =/

as the years passed through 2006 up until 2010,
i, did not do anything about my spine.
eventhough i had that brace with me, i soon grew out of it.
and knowing if i go back to the doctor to get another brace done, few thousands would just disappear into thin air.
i was still able to walk, i wasn't suffering, i decided not to care.

then last year, my aunt came across this advertisement on the newspaper,
it was mentioning Spinal Inc and how it specialises on Scoliosis and other spine conditions.
my aunt asked me to go. and i thought,
"owh well, let's just see what can be done, besides, it has been years since i last bothered about my spine."
went there and had an x-ray done, my degree of curvature has in fact, increased.
(people who have gotten dangerous curves, were to undergo a major surgery to implant a metal rod or two to keep the spine straight)
and so, the reason why i am occupied with physio now.

i am one of the lucky ones whereby it doesn't cause complicants to any organs, or any other parts of my body.
the fact that the curvature wasn't a high risk one, caused me to pretty much neglect it's severity.
but then again, it could actually get worse as i age,
and the pain should gradually increase with it.

even at this age, i am already having back pains, i seriously cannot imagine if i can handle the pain as i age. =X

diligently doing my physio as of now.

spine.
it is so important, that it affects everything else.
one, should take good care of it.
for we humans, have only one spine, and one life.