 [ Symptoms ] if you do not drink milk can that make you more likely to get scoliosis  my daughter who is 13 years old has just been diagnosed with possible scoliosis her spine is curved at 18 degrees she has to go for a mri is it possible she got this because she does not drink milk or did not take any vitamin supplements she is now on one a day as of march 2013 [ Disease ] most helpful answer there is no correlation between milk intake and the formation of scoliosis in adolescence the nutrients in milk calcium phosphorus etc  are very important for bone health but not drinking milk would not cause scoliosis many people are lacose intolerant and do not ever drink milk and there rates of scoliosis are no higher scoliosis can just happen as a young woman she needs calcium for instance but there are other sources of this essential element in vegetables of course she may not eat those either give her that one a day vitamin but she may need an addional mineral supplement as well