The Adam’s Bend Test Manual therapists use the Adam’s Bend Test to detect structural or functional scoliosis. With structural scoliosis asymmetry remains the same from standing to bending. With functional scoliosis asymmetry becomes more pronounced as the client bends forward. In this video excerpt from Pain Detectives in Ireland, Erik Dalton and Aubrey Growing use the Adam’s Bend Test as part of their assessment to determine Diane’s pain generators. Massage therapists, bodyworkers, and manual t

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The New Story of Scoliosis: A Whole-Body Approach That Changes Everything For centuries, scoliosis was seen as nothing more than a crooked line on an X-ray. Doctors pushed, pulled, braced, or bolted it straight—treating the spine like a warped fence post instead of a living system. But modern science now reveals a very different truth: the curve you see is only the tip of the story. Beneath every visible bend is an invisible network of genetic switches, brain-chemical pathways, hormone surges, a

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