Scoliosis

Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty. While scoliosis can be caused by conditions such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, the cause of most scoliosis is unknown

SI joint motion or Gillet’s Test

Testing for: Mobility of the Sacroiliac joint

Procedure:

• Patient is standing, may hold on to something for stability
• Therapist is behind the patient. Therapist palpates the PSIS of the patient’s affected side with their thumb
• Therapist places their other thumb on the S2 process of the patient’s sacrum
• Patient flexes the hip and knee of the affected side, raising their knee as high as they can, while standing on the unaffected side.

Positive Sign: SI joint hypomobility if the thumb on the affected side moves superiorly instead of inferiorly as the knee lifts