Scoliosis & Women

[augemac]

I was diagnosed when I was 5!! I went for my routine physical and my primary Dr. detected a heart murmur. They then sent me to a specialist in Denver and my heart was okay but they found I had scoliosis!

I was very thin growing up and I started by period shortly after my first surgery. I was 15!

[lauriek]

i was very late - about 18. also went thru a few month time span around 14 when i verged on anorexia. not small-boned or naturally thin, but short and slender during adolescence.

while we're throwing observations out there --- i was also extremely flexible - could do a backbend and grab my ankles and become a human wheel. could also easily kick the back of my head with my foot. i'm wondering if anyone's heard of a connection between extreme flexibility and tendency towards scoliosis.

[laurieg6]

If anything, my son's experience is the opposite regarding scoliosis and flexibility. His physical therapist told us that Alexander is the 2nd least flexible person he's ever met. He stretches every night now and it's gotten a little better.