{"id":543,"date":"2022-06-01T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidchangspine.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:09:19","slug":"just-diagnosed-with-scoliosis-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidchangspine.com\/just-diagnosed-with-scoliosis-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Diagnosed with Scoliosis? Here’s What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most people think of scoliosis as a spine condition that affects children and teens. But scoliosis can affect adults, too. In fact, some data<\/a> suggest as many as 25% of adults have scoliosis, with that number rising to nearly 70% of men and women in their 60s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoliosis causes the same painful symptoms, no matter what age you are. As a top-rated spine specialist in Roseville, Minnesota, David Chang, MD-PhD, DABNS<\/a>, helps patients relieve scoliosis pain and restore normal spine function. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve been diagnosed with adult scoliosis<\/a>, here\u2019s how he can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to know about adult scoliosis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Childhood scoliosis develops while the spine is still growing and developing, but with adult scoliosis, spinal development has stopped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often, adult scoliosis is related to degenerative changes in your spine that happen more often as you age. For instance, osteoporosis is an age-related condition that can lead to spinal compression fractures and, eventually, spinal deformity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoliosis refers specifically to a sideways curvature of your spine, but there are other types of spinal curvature, as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n