Dallas teen Logan McGill has scoliosis and wears a body brace 20 hours a day. Dec. 3, 2010— -- When Logan McGill, 15, was diagnosed with a severe case of scoliosis last year, doctors gave her two ...

Using data from the Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial, researchers found that wearing a brace to treat adolescent idiopathic scoliosis does not have a negative impact on the body image ...

Randi Ford, 12, who has scoliosis, gets a high-five from Dr. Tony Herring, chief of staff at Scottish Rite Hospital for Children after getting her back brace checked. Debra Brod, who recently ...

Imagine feeling restricted, all day and all night, and not being able bend down. That is what wearing a scoliosis brace feels like. Scoliosis is the abnormal curving of the spine. It not only affects ...

Doctors regularly achieve miraculous feats, from removing brain tumors to fixing the curve in a teenager’s spine. Yet there’s only so much they can do to understand the illness you’re facing—and that ...

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 ...

Some six million people in the U.S. suffer from scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine. These include approximately 2 to 3% of adolescents who are diagnosed each year with idiopathic scoliosis, ...

INTRODUCES US TO A HARDIN COUNTY TEENAGER WHO HAS SEEN A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN HER SPINE. >> THE SCHROTH METHOD IS ACTUALLY QUITE RARE IN THE US AND ONLY A FEW PHYSICAL THERAPISTS DO IT HERE IN ...

Scoliosis, a hidden sideways spine curvature, often develops subtly in children aged 10-15 without pain. Parents should watch ...