How long will it be until a cure for scoliosis is found?

Several decades most likely. Maybe eventually there will be something like dental orthodontics for your spine. How about a type of spino-skeletal apparatus that will gradually shift and move the spinal bones over time, like orthodontics for your spine? Sounds kinda sci-fi doesn't it? read more

The problem with finding a cure is that for most scoliosis (idiopathic, adolescent scoliosis), we don’t know the cause. We know lots of risk factors, but we don’t know why some tall, thin, stretchy, adolescent females get curved spines and others grow straight. Until we figure that out, we can’t prevent it. read more

Treatment of scoliosis is based on the severity of the curve and the chances of the curve getting worse. Certain types of scoliosis have a greater chance of getting worse, so the type of scoliosis also helps to determine the proper treatment. There are three main categories of treatment: observation, bracing, and surgery. read more