Scoliosis- any bodily deformation- is the bodies way of defending against emotional wounds that go deep into the holographic history of humanity's suffering. The body contracts against painful emotions and stays locked up until the end of time- UNLESS you undo the damage and heal yourself. No amount of body work or EXTERNAL manipulation will change this until the INTERNAL schism is rectified. I fully believe you can fully heal from your scoliosis but it will take time and commitment.

You are 17 and still have time to heal.

I highly, highly recommend you quit all forms of television, video games, internet videos, etc, because they program you and shut down your energy flow. Do several hours of gentle exercise a day. Be present with your body- feel your emotions deeply, be present at all times of how you feel inside. Meditate, do energy work, give up addictions and anything else you use to distract yourself from the present moment and FEEL the reality of your body in the present moment and your sentiments of life.

Do gentle stretching, gradually increasing only as your energy channels open up. Stay away from drugs. Stay away from processed foods. You know the routine...just doing it is what matters.

Look into the horse stance... and work up to 1 hour per day. I guarantee you will heal. Just give it time and persevere when you get lazy...

Go for it!

Oh and another thing... stay away from the bench press. Nothing will screw your shoulders up faster and lock your body up in the process. In fact, any activity or state of mind that puts you into a fight or flight state (adrenaline) will contract your body. If you exercise, you don't need to go to "failure" as this is damaging to your nervous system and does not make you stronger or more muscular. Actually it makes you weaker and destroys your body in the process.

See those videos of the guys in gyms lifting 800 pounds? I guarantee you their joints are trashed and they live perpetually in pain.

The more deeply you open up your energy channels in the body, the more intensely you can contract your muscles without locking up your joints and shutting down your energy channels. But it takes time and years of hard work.

Do the horse stance and you will intuitively understand it all.. "emotional pain", adrenaline, fight or flight... midbrain, higher consciousness, lactic acid, "chi", and how the body connects it all together. Its really quite fascinating.

I was told that I have scoliosis a long time ago by a doctor when I was in high school.

I also developed candida symptoms over times as well (I'm not sure when the symptoms started.

Now I believe that both of these problems were actually related to heavy metal toxicity (in my case it's mercury from my silver fillings, but there are other metals and other sources, including a lot of hidden ones). I suggest you do some research to find out more about this and see if it makes sense in your case.

hello 777Dean, I hope what i have to say is helpful. I'm 49, ex-mental health nurse, have had adolescent idiopathic scoliosis since 12, but have been ignored by the UK health services for 36 years. My curve is now at 60° and I,m currently unable to work, walk far or stand up in a queue at all. The French are disgusted at the lack of treatment I've had, but since my main language is english and i live in france, I've had to do a lot of research recently. I've been offered the most drastic form of fusion surgery due to my age and degree of curve.Plus, being a nurse, I'm obviously someone used to questioning assumed wisdom.

This is what I think you need to do. firstly if possible, get referred to a specialist scoliosis clinic. Try not to be put off by ignorant general doctors who are being lazy. You need xrays to asses the degree of curvature accurately. Your specialist will calculate the COBB angle for you and should offer you a corset to reduce the pain and correct the curve. DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, because your bones are about to become set "ossified" and the non-operative" treatment (without surgery) will become harder to do for every month that passes.
secondly, you need to identify the direction of the curve. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. and get the clinic or a specialist physiotherapist to give you specific exercises to correct YOUR curve.its no good excercising the spine to strengthen the muscles in the side which are already pulling the spine out of alignment.You could watch some videos on YOUTUBE, search using "scoliosis exercises" and watch peoples backs to try and see which way yours is running.The Schroth method is particulary helpful and there are a couple of good long videos from india which are very yoga like and beneficial.
Thirdly, although Micheal is accurate about some things in his posts, he is also being dangerously inaccurate with some of the things he says; Good ideas = diet,no processed foods, no drugs,gentle exercise & less videogames/tv. but exercising several hours a day is excessive, and scoliosis is NOT a general term for all bodily imbalences..this kind of over simplification and associating it with the other new age guff will only confuse people; dictionary =

scoliosis (ˌskɒlɪˈəʊsɪs)
pathol kyphosis Compare lordosis an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine, of congenital origin or caused by trauma or disease of the vertebrae or hipbones

If you can correct the curve with exercises,well done , but most people need a brace and there's a lot of evidence for the old fashioned solid braces and the newer, flexible corsets such as Spinecor.(I want one) Most clinics and therapists use braces to help people achieve a correct spinal posture and you are still just about young enough to try one without needing surgery and have a very high chance of success.. I have researched this.

re swimming in chlorinated pools? not a huge issue with candida if you consider that swimming is the only exercise you can do effectively without putting vertical downward pressure onto a curving spine. swimming is THE best aerobic exercise for someone with scoliosis.
I have had candida for 38 years. It was triggered by overuse of Antibiotics by my useless doctor (colds, flu,chest infections,everything) and I manage it very well, very simply, by not eating yeast, or too much sugar.candida albicans feeds on yeast and sugar.So, no yeasted bread, no beer or wine (sorry, you'll have to become a spirit drinker, water it down with lots of soda water and fruit juices!)it's news to me that it might be linked with scoliosis but not at all surprising. If the candida is very severe try also avoiding vinegar,moldy cheeses and mushrooms just until its under control.you could achieve control without using drugs and can go swimming every day in a chlorinated pool still. just don't eat yeast at all and hardly any refined sugar.good luck