If you don't treat your scoliosis, does it get worst?

Sadly, i have scoliosis so my back isnt straight. My dad is an acupuncture guy, a person who poke those neddles(not sure if spell right) He doesnt belive in surgery or brace. He just say to lay on the floor. I'm scared if is going to me all deformed or all. If you don't treat scoliosis, does it get worst. Please help. My dad doesnt want to go to the doctor. Stupid scoliosis. I know i have scoliosis because i had a check up at school,

Yes it will most likely get worse as time goes on. I believe you should go to some sort of health care professional other than your dad.
You should go to eather a Doctor, Chiropractor or possibly even a Neurologist. Lying on the floor probably isn't going to help get rid of a scoliosis. I know your dad may be very experienced, but it sounds as though you think you could be getting better care. You may need to just go by yourself or find a friend to go with if he doesn't give his blessing.

Yes, it will get much worse. You will have a completely deformed back. If your father won't get treatment for you, tell a school nurse or counselor. He is denying you treatment.

It can get worse if not treated, even when you becaome an adult. I hope that you can get treated because, it can get pretty bad. For more info:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/scolios...

I have scoliosis too..I went to the chiropractor about 1 every 2 weeks. It did help. But most importantly always sit up straight...even though it might hurt or your not comfortable but believe or not it makes a huge difference. I started standing/sitting up straight all the time, when I went to my back doctor he said my scoliosis actually got better! So the key thing is the sit up straight! Hope this helped & good luck!

My sister had scoliosis and she had to go under the knife, but I'm not sure that's in all cases. I think that you should make a serious research on the Internet then show your dad the information and tell him how important this is for you and that sometimes surgery is the only way out.
you may not know this right now, but you could develop serious complications your back can hurt so much that it does not matter if you're laid down you're going to feel that somebody is crushing your back!
so research! it may be more serious!

Please talk to another family member or a counceler about this. I knew i had scoliosis when i was in 6th grade. I didnt think it was that bad and i was scared to have an x-ray since the first thing my doctor said was SURGERY.

So now 3 years after, i researched about it more and i have a 34 and 37 degree curve( im not sure if its still that, im going to the doc tomorrow) and i will probobly get a brace tomorrow. I might even need surgery a while later.

The best way to help scoliosis is EARLY DETECTION. Only if i had gone get some help earlier i would have been fine and wouldnt be worrying as much as i am now.

Please go to a doctor somehow! This can hurt your life when you are older!

Good luck! Feel free to ask any questions

whether it gets worse or not really depends...but you should be monitored by a doc so that if there's progression, some kind of intervention could be made before it becomes surgical case...

No amount of acupuncture will help...trust me..my father was a very well known acupuncturist and he'll tell you the same thing....

most curves do not progress and does not need intervention...

However, you shouldn't take chances...all it takes is an x-ray every 3-6 months or so to check progression..if there's sign of progression, then I wouldn't mess around with needles...

have your dad check out http://www.myscoliosis.net
perhaps he'll find the treatment there much more acceptable...
have him consult with the doc at least...