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How to Treat Your Child’s Mild Scoliosis

How to Treat Your Child’s Mild Scoliosis

When your child is first diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, it’s common to have feelings of worry and confusion. Fortunately, most parents are encouraged to learn...

Middle back pain: Causes, treatment, and exercises

Middle back pain: Causes, treatment, and exercises

In this region, there are 12 spinal disks, several vertebrae, and many muscles and ligaments. Any of these structures can become irritated or damaged, leading to middle back...

Driving culture to improve safety in spine surgery

Driving culture to improve safety in spine surgery

Michael Vitale (New York Presbyterian, New York, USA) chairs the Safety in Spine Surgery Summit annual meeting, as well as having co-authored a book on the topic, Safety in...

Scoliosis Surgery in SMA Children Linked to Permanent Motor Skill...

Scoliosis Surgery in SMA Children Linked to Permanent Motor Skill...

Surgery to treat scoliosis may permanently limit the ability of children with spinal muscle atrophy(SMA) type 2 and 3 to perform certain movements, with patients in better...

Doctors told to stop using another range of Magec spinal rods

Doctors told to stop using another range of Magec spinal rods

Doctors have been told to suspend the use of a specific range of spinal rods in children with severe scoliosis until a review of the products has been completed. A suspension...

Back pain can be treated with careful management

Back pain can be treated with careful management

If you are living with back pain, you already know that it can be extremely debilitating. However, you may not know that often there are steps you can take to alleviate the pain...

Telemedicine “essential for maintaining spine care” during COVID-19

Telemedicine “essential for maintaining spine care” during COVID-19

A study of the use of virtual visits for paediatric spinal deformity patients suggests that telemedicine can provide faster care for patients, with comparable satisfaction. The...

Scoliosis most often develops during growth spurt just before puberty

Scoliosis most often develops during growth spurt just before puberty

Dear Mayo Clinic: What causes scoliosis? Do genetics play a role? I was diagnosed with it as a teenager, and several of my cousins had it, too. Now I’m worried that my daughter,...

Education in spine care during COVID-19

Education in spine care during COVID-19

Jonathan Rasouli (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA) details discussions at the Virtual Global Spine Conference (May 5), which hosted key opinion leaders to discuss the impact of...

Rope or rod? Torn between scoliosis surgeries

Rope or rod? Torn between scoliosis surgeries

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. For a long time, spinal fusion was...

Product recall of spinal support rod for children sparks concern

Product recall of spinal support rod for children sparks concern

Surgeons who have used a spinal support rod in children with severe scoliosis have been advised to consult with their patients following a product recall by the US...

All The Reasons Why Your Middle Back Hurts, Plus How to Fix It

All The Reasons Why Your Middle Back Hurts, Plus How to Fix It

Image zoom Alessandro De Carli/EyeEm/Getty While it's often completely dismissed or just mistaken as upper back pain, middle back pain relates to inflammation surrounding the...