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 ...

Braces aren't just for straightening teeth. If you're recovering from an injury or spinal surgery, dealing with chronic back pain, or in need of extra support while lifting heavy objects at the gym or ...

Bella Breslow's spinal surgery for scoliosis was so successful that not only is she back playing softball, she's added volleyball and basketball too.

Treating curvature of the spine as an adult often involves pain relief medications, exercise, or spinal injections to soothe symptoms. Surgery may only be necessary for adults with severe curvature or ...

Spine surgery is increasingly defined by a tension few outside the field fully see: the collision of clinical complexity and economic constraint. For surgeons like Oliver Tannous, MD, an orthopedic ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...