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  • I am new here and need help!

    Hello everybody! I am so glad I found this page and I am eager to talk to all of you about your experiences. I have some questions for you, hopefully they are not ridiculous, I'm new at this...

    I am 25. When I was 12 and they did our scoliosis screening through school, they told me I had a slight lumbar curve but it was really small and that I didnt need to do anything about it. In fact, they didn't even call my parents or suggest that I should be seen by a doctor.

    Now, 13 years later, I have a noticeable curve when I bend over and my right shoulder is about 1 1/2 inches higher than my left. My shirts fit funny, also. The right seam always moves around to the front. Anyway, I experience frequent back pain so I have been seeing a chiropracter. I initially went to see him because I thought that the weight of my large breasts was causing the back pain (I am 5'5" and wear a DDD). He took an x-ray and it shows a definite curve in both the thoracic and lumbar spine (it looks like an S).

    So my question is: what should I do now, if anything? Should I go to a doctor and get it evaluated? I have the x-ray but my chiropracter didnt measure the angle of my curves, as I have seen most of you mention on here. Obviously I am too old to wear a brace and I don't think it's bad enough to warrant surgery. I feel lost as to what to do and money is definitely an issue.

    The reason it's coming up is I recently had a physical and I mentioned it to the doctor, and he said that a chiropracter cant diagnose scoliosis nor can he ever help it from progressing further. So do I go to a "real" doctor? What will he do and what could he tell me that would make it better?

    I appreciate any advice as I feel very lost.
    Thanks!

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    Hi Shenoa...

    I wouldn't trust your chiropractor to be able to come up with accurate curve measurements. You should definitely be seen by a scoliosis specialist, to at least get a good baseline measurement. You can find a list of specialists here:

    http://www.srs.org/directory/directory.asp

    Regards,
    Linda
    Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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    Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
    Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation

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