Randi Ford, 12, who has scoliosis, gets a high-five from Dr. Tony Herring, chief of staff at Scottish Rite Hospital for Children after getting her back brace checked. Debra Brod, who recently ...

Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine that can lead to impingement and back pain. It is very common, though in most cases the curves are small enough that they produce no symptoms and go undiagnosed. ...

Although many people are familiar with scoliosis as a disease affecting school-aged adolescents, it can and does affect adults, too, even if they didn't have it as a child. The disease in adolescents ...

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 ...

While scoliosis in children rarely causes symptoms other than cosmetic ones, the situation is quite different in adults, who are 10 times as likely as adolescents to require corrective surgery, Berven ...

Design pioneer 3D Systems unveils the "Bespoke" brace, which aims to change the way back braces fit, function, and feel. Dara Kerr was a senior reporter for CNET covering the on-demand economy and ...

CEBU, Philippines - Dr. Anthony Fong - an accredited SpineCor (UK) Pediatric & Adult Scoliosis Consultant was the keynote speaker at an event titled "Scoliosis: The Biggest Dilemma," at the Summit ...

Scoliosis is a condition that often runs in families, though the cause of the malformation remains unknown. Many schools and pediatricians screen for the condition, which often begins in childhood.

June is National Scoliosis Awareness Month, and Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York, or BSSNY, is using the occasion to highlight the condition and bring attention to ultramodern nonsurgical and ...