The Spinal Column by Dr. David Redding Q . Scoliosis is a disease that results in gradual abnormal curvature of the spine and can become progressively worse. It starts in about one in 100 children, usually between the ages of eight and 14. While treatment such as a body brace or radical surgery might be required in some moderate to severe cases, most patients can be treated conservatively by a doctor of chiropractic. The success of the treatment depends importantly on detecting this disease at an early stage.
Some schools have screening programs.
Parents are urged to check their children for signs as well. I have said that adolescence is sometimes like a tornado. Let me give you a better analogy. This time of life reminds me in some ways of the early space probes that blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. I remember my excitement when Lt. Col. John Glenn and the other astronauts embarked on their perilous journeys into space.