What is scoliosis?
Types (adolescent idiopathic, adult degenerative, functional), how the Cobb angle works, and how common it really is — including after 50.
Read the primer →Exercises & the evidence
Cat-cow, bird-dog, dead bug, side plank — what each trains, and where scoliosis-specific exercise (Schroth/PSSE) sits above them all.
See the exercise library →Dead hangs & scoliosis
Our full evidence review: what hanging can and cannot do for a curved spine, with links to the underlying studies.
Read the evidence review →Who this is for
You might be an adult who just learned your back asymmetry has a name. A parent reading after your child's screening letter. Or someone over 50 with new low-back pain and a “de novo” curve on an X-ray report. All three of you are common — scoliosis isn't only a teenage condition, and an estimated quarter of people over 50 have at least a mild thoracic curve (Urrutia et al., 2014).
What this guide will consistently not tell you: that any app, stretch, or gadget will straighten your spine on its own. Curve management is clinician territory. What we will do is explain the vocabulary, the evidence, and the low-barrier habits — like hanging — that many people use alongside proper care.
Our editorial rules
- Cite or cut. Health claims link to the study or guideline they come from.
- No miracle language. “Fixes”, “cures”, “corrects” — you won't see them here.
- Adjunct, not treatment. Tools and habits are framed as additions to professional care, never replacements.
- We're open about who we are. HangSpine is an independent app studio; we make a dead-hang tracker and free tools like the hang-time calculator. About us →