Several studies have shown that ESIs can be effective in avoiding or delaying surgery. While spinal injections do not correct the spinal curvature caused by scoliosis, they can relieve the ...

Paige opted for the surgery after her condition began to worsen, eventually reaching a 44-degree curvature as she got older. 'Typically as you get older, your scoliosis progresses and gets worse ...

"They saw me as a delinquent and would be a bad influence on them." Ms Puteri underwent surgery to remove the 8cm tumour that ...

Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Your latissimus dorsi (your "lats") is a broad, flat, triangle-shaped muscle that spans ...

For many children with scoliosis, bracing is a crucial intervention that can avert the progression of spinal deformities. Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Joshua Speirs, MD, outlines how braces are ...

Mount Kilimanjaro is something I needed to do - not just for myself and my bucket list - but to show people going through ...

The multidisciplinary program will provide comprehensive care for children with complex neuromuscular and orthopedic conditions. Physicians with the pediatric orthopedic program are also part of the ...

Beckett’s journey began with what seemed like normal aches and pains, sore knees, back pain, and fatigue. However, as her father Ken Beckett recalls, ...

Two teenagers who received care at Shriners Children’s New England in Springfield reflect on falling in love as patients nearly 30 years ago.