The duo at Ochsner Children's work with patients with varying degrees of scoliosis, a curving of the spine. Here's the story.

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 ...

More than six million people have a curvature of the spine. It's usually diagnosed between the ages of 10 and 15. and if the curvature is slight, a back brace may help. But there are cases that are ...

Treating curvature of the spine as an adult often involves pain relief medications, exercise, or spinal injections to soothe symptoms. Surgery may only be necessary for adults with severe curvature or ...

Scoliosis is an abnormal, sideways curvature of the spine. In scoliosis, the vertebrae curve to one side and rotate or twist. This can make it appear as if you are leaning to one side. The curve of ...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is one of the most common spinal deformities encountered in teenagers, characterised by an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine with an unknown aetiology.

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.

Harvey Morrison was born with severe scoliosis and needed a spinal surgery that was “a matter of life and death” His surgery was constantly rescheduled and, at one point, he was even unknowingly ...

Doctors in Stoke-on-Trent have become the first in England to use new virtual reality (VR) goggles that show them what's ...

Faith Swaby loves the sport of running not because it provides championship glory, but because cross-country trails and tracks have become part of her lifeblood, the way she copes with stress. The ...

“His whole childhood was spent waiting for things to get better,” Gillian Morrison said after her son Harvey’s death Harvey Morrison was born with severe scoliosis and needed a spinal surgery that was ...