Have you ever noticed that one of your shoulders appears higher than another, your ribs are more prominent on one side or maybe that you have asymmetric skin folds? These imbalances may seem arbitrary ...

Background The operative treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis combined with osteoporosis increase following the epidemiological development. Studies have confirmed that screws in osteoporotic ...

If she didn't know better, Doris DeBolt of Lakeland might think the world around her is surging upward. DeBolt, 75, has lost five inches of height as a result of osteoporosis and scoliosis, going from ...

Scoliosis is a spinal condition that occurs when there is an abnormal curve of the spine. Often, scoliosis cases are mild and do not need extensive treatment, but there are very severe cases that ...

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 is a condition of the spine in which the vertebrae are not entirely vertical and form a “C” or “S” shaped curve. The types of scoliosis are as follows: Congenital scoliosis: Congenital ...

This week we are going to discuss degenerative curvatures of the spine which are very similar to the scoliotic and kyphotic curves we have spoken about in the past. In these cases, the causation is ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a woman, age 68. When I was 12 years old, I was 5 feet, 5 inches tall. Now I am 4 feet, 8 inches tall. I have scoliosis plus degenerative arthritis of the spine and walk bent over ...

ATLANTA - Scoliosis, or a curvature of the spine, affects almost 7 million people in the U.S. It's most common in children, especially girls, going through growth cycles. High school soccer player ...