r greater on a x-ray (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, n.pag.). Sometimes Kyphosis is followed by the curve with the different orientation in the lumbar part of the back. This is called Compensatory Lordosis because the extensive lordotic curve is made because of the unbalance in the spinal column caused by Kyphosis. Kyphosis can be present at birth – Congenital or caused by the various conditions that may happened (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, n.pag.) Congenital Kyphosis usually appears due to the changes in the bone structure when the wedge-shaped vertebrae are made, or with joining of two or more vertebrae. The other non-congenital conditions appear during the life span mainly caused by metabolic problems, neuromuscular conditions, rheumatic changes, osteogenesis imperfecta, spinal bifida, Sheuermann’s disease, shortsightedness, use of the “anti pain positions” and poor posture (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, n.pag.). Poor posture is one of the causes of Kyphosis that should be treated more serious. More people should get involved including physical education teacher, parents and other teachers. There are three delicate periods in which the body is more likely to suffer from these changes:- the period when the child is rising,- the beginning of child’s formal education,- the puberty.Kyphosis can appear in with the old age, when it is called “senile” Kyphosis. There are two main groups of Kyphosis:- Functional or reducible – they can be annulled by taking particular positions like laying on the back or hanging on the pole, or just by the contraction of the back muscles.- Structural or irreducible – advanced stage. Now, besides the muscles, bones and ligaments are changing causing insufficiency of the spinal movements (Radisavljevic 292). We have to know that Kyphosis doesn’t only ruins our esthetical look but it causes a l...
