For many children with scoliosis, bracing is a crucial intervention that can avert the progression of spinal deformities. Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Joshua Speirs, MD, outlines how braces are ...

INDIANAPOLIS — It used to be that if you were diagnosed with scoliosis, you were likely headed for years of wearing a rigid, neck-high brace. But today, thanks to modern medical advancements, many ...

U.S. HAVE SCOLIOSIS. THAT’S ACCORDING TO JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE, AND ONE LOCAL FAMILY HAS GONE VIRAL, SHARING THEIR DAUGHTER’S JOURNEY WITH THE DIAGNOSIS AND BUILDING A COMMUNITY THEY NEVER EXPECTED.

Doctors regularly achieve miraculous feats, from removing brain tumors to fixing the curve in a teenager’s spine. Yet there’s only so much they can do to understand the illness you’re facing—and that ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Most kids want to dress up as something they're not for Halloween. But one special little girl is choosing to celebrate what makes her different - after what could have been a ...

A cautious approach to releasing adolescents from braces to correct scoliosis didn't help keep the back straight better than going cold turkey once the brace had done its job, a randomized trial ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONE TREE, Colo. – Dr. Jaren Riley knows his ...

The Greek word skolios means curved or crooked, making it an apt choice to describe the medical condition known as scoliosis. This disease causes the spine to curve sideways, often in an S or C shape.

When you’re parenting a young child or adolescent, some amount of growing pains in their ever-changing body is, of course, normal. But it’s important not to write off all your child’s aches and pains ...

Scoliosis (curvature of the spine) affects three or four per thousand children and as many as seven out of ten older adults. While there is still controversy about the efficacy of back braces for ...