10 Best Scoliosis Stretches - Ask Doctor Jo

Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine. It can happen when you are young, or it can happen when you are older and have bad posture or a leg length difference. This can cause the muscles on one side of the back to be tight and/or the muscles on the opposite side to be too weak. These stretches are for postural scoliosis.

Start off sitting in a chair. You can stretch just the side that is tight, or you can stretch both sides. Stretching the quadratus lumborum (QL) helps relax the muscles on the side of the spine.

You can also do an active stretch, which is moving your whole trunk and arms while rotating. This is also a great way to stretch the trunk muscles. Roll downs help get the muscles close to the spine stretched out.

The next stretches are on the floor. If you can’t get on the floor, you can do them on your couch or bed. Stretches like the cat/dog, way the tail, prayer, and side to side prayer stretch will help loosen up the muscles in the back and around the spine.

Some of the final stretches are a little more intense, so make sure you are ready to stretch that much before trying them.

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[monicaquinones]

These comments make me so happy that I'm not the only one suffering from scoliosis with an S shape or bad hip alignment gives me hope that I will be fixed someday too

[hopeku]

You are a godsend. I was laying in bed crying in pain and this helped me a lot

[afrochaltey]

The people who help and give others hope with such videos are just divine.

[isabella]

I haven't been able to lay on my back for a while now, you have no idea the relief I just felt when I layed down and felt no pain

[purpletetrisdragon]

As someone who has had scoliosis all of my life and “normal” stretching exercises are a lot of the time not feasible for me, this helped me so much! Thank you! = )

[shweetnessgirl]

i have moderate (but severely painful) scoliosis and after these stretches my back feels the best it has in years. thanks so much!

[petoprotus]

I was doing physio last year, but then kind of stopped exercising after some time and forgot what to do. But these look like the ones I was doing so nice instructions.

[jacob]

I don't even have scoliosis but damn that felt good

[lovin_richie]

So glad I decided to look up videos on how to treat this. Recently in 2019 my car was slammed into by an SUV going 90 mph while I was completely stop and got xrays my back and showed scoliosis big S curve and 2 to stretch disc and herniated discs, these simple workouts feel intense even after a year

[garylewis]

Your style of instruction is very compelling. My scoliosis is bad and getting worse. Thanks for your sense of concern. You have helped me be hopeful again!

[riverryall]

Bro these actually work, I was litterally dying of pain

[sebastiancph]

I usually are very suspicious of "the best x for your x" - videos. But these stretches really works. I haven't had this little pain I a couple of months. You are a lifesaver!

[xsanguine]

A little late but thanks for this... these made my back feel freakin’ amazing!!! Thanks again for this info!

[jesssoto]

I watched this video a month ago, i forgot to comment how blessed i am to come across your video and I thought what a angel 👼🏻 thank you for your video

[arvelynvillaspin]

I came from Philippines hope we will get better soon😣

[mljale]

This really helped me with my Kyphoscoliosis.I do every day those exercises thank you very much Dr. Jo 🙂❤️

[KieranThompsonMusic]

The 3rd stretch was the best feeling I’ve had for a stretch all my life thank you!!

[ShowbusinessKennel]

You are amazing when explaining these exercises, thank you!

[arsalanahmed]

Thank you very much Im suffering from scoliosis since 2019
And I found this video and I just 10 to 30sec stretch of each exercise with one set I feel very good feeling relief on my back
God bless u