I wrote about kyphosis and lordosis of the lower back, and I received many inquiries about scoliosis. Scoliosis is also an abnormal curvature of the spine. With scoliosis, the spine curves sideways.

An issue that began in a local doctor’s office has made it to the Senate floor as lawmakers seek to ensure that what happened to a Crawford County girl doesn’t happen to others. On March 20, Senate ...

A surgical procedure that straightens individual vertebrae, not just the spine, shows promise for being more effective at straightening the spine of people suffering from scoliosis. Called ...

No spine is perfectly straight, but people with scoliosis have more significant curvature than people without scoliosis, often more than 10 degrees out of alignment. These curves are called S-curves ...

Kyphoscoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine in both the lateral — scoliosis — and forward — kyphosis — directions. It results in a complex three-dimensional shape, leading to a noticeable ...

Read at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Orthopædic Association, Philadelphia, Pa., September 17, 1890.

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