Scoliosis is a lateral curvatures of the spine. Most people have
SOME lateral curvature, but when it exceeds a reasonable amount
such curves are considered pathological. Scoliosis comes in
several varieties, MOST however, despite that medical doctors
call them "idiopathic" (from "of unknown origin") are unknown
only to those who have never studied the biomechanics of the
human spine. When a child is first diagnosed, usually by a
school nurse, there are are two possible courses of action: A.
Listen to the nurse, and run to an orthopedic surgeon, who will
essentially do nothing about the scoliosis except expose the
child to periodic xrays, and watch to "see if the problem gets
bad enough to do something", and only then when the "something"
is bad enough to warrant surgery or bracing, will they treat the
result of the problem, not the underlying cause. And, that
treatment will likely be a milwaukee brace or something
equivalent, or surgery to install harrington rods to straighten
the spine. This will prevent the