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Hi, I am Polly. I am 55 and have been dealing with scoliosis for the past 6 years, although my doc feels I have probably had it since I was a child. I have a severe S curve in the lumbar spine along with a twist at the L3-4 junction. In addition, I have arthritis throughout, disc degeneration and bulging discs at all lumbar levels. Previous to my career as a teacher, I worked as an active electrician in construction for many years. I have thus far avoided surgery by doing PT and staying as active as possible. I have done back injections but they help very little and my doctor is starting to push me to consider surgery since my pain levels have begun to increase. My biggest issue is I work FT and am a caregiver to my husband who has stage 4 cancer. It is really not a viable option for me at this time to have the time to take off for a long recovery. I have done a little research that perhaps yoga would help. I thought perhaps if someone knows a good video on yoga that would be safe for me to do without damaging my back further and would allow me to do it at home. I work about 50-60 hours/week and need to be home with my husband the rest of the time. Any thoughts?

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Hi Polly-
I too have scoliosis.i was diagnosed in 2006 and today I’m 66. I’ve had 2 lumbar surgeries & returned to work in 6 weeks post surgery. It was difficult. I was told yoga was not a good choice but Pilates is. Lots of stretching. It helps me.
I wish you & your husband the best.

Hi Polly,
I am 61 and have had scoliosis since I was 16. What works for me is Taoist Tai Chi, which I have bee doing regularly for 10 years. I am now virtually pain free.