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.

This patient, who received an older spine instrumentation technique during childhood, later underwent spinal reconstruction surgery as an adult. The patient's X-ray and clinical journey reflect the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 72-year-old woman, and I have developed painful burning and tingling in my feet over the past several months, to the point that I cannot sleep many nights. Unfortunately, I ...

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The leading-edge practitioners of the newly established National Scoliosis Center are pleased to announce that they are now treating patients in a new, one-of-a-kind, ...

ATLANTA - Now 10, Anna Connolly has been a regular at the doctor's office since she was just six, when her mother Tiffany noticed a curve at the top of Anna's spine. "And you could see, because she ...

The risk of scoliosis was largely related to what type of SMA a patient had, with those with type III having the lowest risk and those with type II developing scoliosis at a later age than those with ...

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Her slender body cut through the water with the ease of a fish. Michele Pease-Downey spent her life swimming. No one would know she didn’t even touch a pool for six long years because her scoliosis ...

ATLANTA - Now 10, Anna Connolly has been a regular at the doctor's office since she was just six, when her mother Tiffany noticed a curve at the top of Anna's spine. "And you could see, because she ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old woman, and I have developed painful burning and tingling in my feet over the past several months, to the point that I cannot sleep many nights. Unfortunately, I ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old woman, and I have developed painful burning and tingling in my feet over the past several months, to the point that I cannot sleep many nights. Unfortunately, I ...