Larry Hopkins and his 16-year-old daughter Maddie remember the moment a doctor told Maddie she had scoliosis. "I'll never forget the look on her face," Larry says. "Her bottom lip stuck out and she ...
The COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a rebound in the severity of a completely unrelated condition often found in kids and older adults — scoliosis There are two types of scoliosis affecting 6 million ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 10-year-old daughter was just diagnosed with scoliosis. The curve is 19 degrees, and I have read that it could worsen with time. Will she need to wear a brace? Or is surgery ...
ATLANTA — Doctors are calling on parents to keep an eye on their child's spine during the pandemic after noticing an increase in kids coming in with signs of scoliosis. The condition, characterized by ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. For most teenagers, a scoliosis diagnosis means wearing a ...
Lack of physiotherapy is putting the health of children with physical difficulties at risk, a group of parents has said. The ...
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most prevalent spinal deformity in children, with an incidence reported between 0.47% ...
Like many gawky, growing teens, 13-year-old Martha Hunt felt insecure about her body. As an aspiring model, too, she was particularly critical of what she saw as flaws — one shoulder blade jutting out ...
Parents of growing children have a checklist of things to monitor: ears, eyes, body temperature, the works. Yet aside from scheduling a visit with the doctor, there aren’t a whole lot of ways to check ...
Galveston – Reyna Rankin, a young patient diagnosed with scoliosis, and her mother, Dayna, recently shared their journey about the importance of early detection and treatment options available at ...
Doctors say there are a few factors behind the overall phase-out of health checks, like scoliosis screenings, at school. (Photo by Angus B. McVicar/Wisconsin Historical Society/Getty Images) Chrissy ...