Rehabilitation of Spinal Deformities in Adolescents – The Family Doctor's Point of View

The spinal deformities that are commonly detected in the adolescent years has a significant impact on public health. In recent years, additional risk factors have been identified such as the modern lifestyle, sedentary lifestyle, online school during the Covid 19 pandemic. The spinal deformities that are commonly detected in the teenagers are scoliosis - with the special form adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and kyphosis – the special form Scheuermann kyphosis. The risk for spinal deformity among teenagers whose parents had a spinal deformity is higher in most situations. The family physician usually monitors both parents and children. Considering this, the family physician performs targeted screening on teenagers whose parents suffer from a spinal deformity, due to their genetic predisposition. Teenagers with spinal deformities without further limitations or pain have to be treated according to the indication guidelines. Kinetotherapy alone or in combination with medical massage, orthopaedic approaches, are approach to correct of posture, improve and maintain flexibility, to reduce the pain, the pulmonary dysfunction. Adolescents and adults with restrictive ventilation disorders can only be addressed in specialized centres for rehabilitation of breathing. The role of the family physician is to identify spinal deformities early, to intervene through physical therapy in order to correct the posture and reduce complications.