IS SCOLIOSIS PROGRESSIVE?
Information about Scoliosis is changing. The accepted teaching used to be that once you reach adulthood, the curves become static and do not progress. And for most patients, that may still be the case. However, a curve more than 50 degrees continues to increase during adulthood, normally patients with a 50 degree curve or more progress on average 1 degree per year, even after surgery. Their doctor monitors curves of less than 30 degrees every 6 months and the curve is tried to be kept under control through bracing and other methods.
