In this powerful episode of Scoliosis World, Dr. Morningstar shares:

✅ Real data about surgery risks no one talks about

✅ Alternative treatments including hyperbaric oxygen therapy

✅ A personal story of hope that will change how you think about scoliosis care

💬 “This isn’t just another diagnosis. This is a life-and-death decision—and we can do better.”

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You’ll learn:

✔️ Why kids with scoliosis often have low bone density

✔️ The role of Vitamin D deficiency in scoliosis progression

✔️ How Vitamin D affects dopamine and norepinephrine levels

✔️ The difference between Vitamin K1 vs. K2, and why K2 matters

✔️ Ideal supplement levels and safe dosing ranges

✔️ What recent data says about cancer risk, bone health, and cardiovascular benefits of D3 + K2 Dr. Morningstar pulls from peer-reviewed studies and his clinical experience at ScoliSMART Clinics to offer actionable insights backed by data.

⸻ 📌 Resources Mentioned: – European Spine Journal (2008) – Asian Spine Journal (2018) – Journal of Medicine and Life (2020) – Nutrients Journal (2020, 2023) – Clinical Nutrition (2024) – Systematic reviews & meta-analyses on osteoporosis and cancer prevention

⸻ 👨‍⚕️ Hosted by: Dr. Mark Morningstar 📍 Founder, Back Genius & ScoliSMART Clinics (Michigan)

Welcome to Scoliosis World, the podcast dedicated to all things scoliosis! In this episode, Dr. Morningstar, a chiropractor specializing in scoliosis treatment, sits down with his business partner and fellow scoliosis expert, Dr. Stitzel. Together, they discuss the emergence of disruptive technologies. Whether you’re a patient, parent, or healthcare professional, this conversation is packed with valuable insights on managing and improving scoliosis naturally. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications to stay updated on future episodes of Scoliosis World! (810) 694-3576 scoliosispractice.com #ScoliosisWorld #ChiropracticCare #ScoliosisTreatment #SpinalHealth

• Part of the cholesterol pathway
• Every hormone in our body is made from cholesterol
• Lowering cholesterol can be taken too far, to the point that a person cannot make hormones, leading to premature aging and neurodegenerative diseases
• Your brain runs on cholesterol
• Pregnenolone is one of the first byproducts of cholesterol metabolism
• Cholesterol rises in the winter months
• Pregnenolone converts into progesterone and DHEA; both important
• Progesterone is implicated in scoliosis
• Females with scoliosis have about half of the available progesterone that those without scoliosis have

- The incident of D3 insufficiency and deficiency is elevated in scoliosis patients

- Met analyses are the gold standard of studies

- It’s mostly people who are ill to begin with who have their vitamin D levels checked, and that influences what’s considered the normal level

- Studies suggest a positive correlation between Vitamin D levels above 70 and being cancer-protective

- Addressing bone density loss is critical in achieving success when addressing scoliosis

- Most women require a vitamin D level of 90 or higher to address bone density issues

- Vitamin D toxicity is difficult to ascertain

- Vitamins D varies with the seasons; best to get a baseline at summer and winter

- Vitamin D and K2 both have half lives which mean you don’t have to take them everyday

#scoliosistreatment #scoliosis

Links to referenced articles:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36892518/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35999823/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19646383/

• Ballet, gymnastics, and volleyball tend to have more children and young adults with progressive curves

#scoliosis #backgenius

• Historically, scoliosis treatment is based on the curve measurement
• The curve measurement is not the only thing effecting quality of life issues and pain levels
• Given that, why do anything based on the curve measurement alone?
• At ScoliSMART, we treat patients based upon a “risk assessment”
• Example: Younger children with the same degree curve as older children need to have more aggressive treatment because they have more growth ahead of them
• What we see on an x-ray that we call scoliosis is not really the entire condition, It is the end-stage cascade of things going wrong in scoliosis
• We seek lasting-outcomes and to prevent anything from sabotaging that
• We assess biochemical and genomic risk factors
• Treatments are tailored to the individual