Why do so few doctors say adult scoliosis is treatable?
Scoliosis treatment technology has changed very rapidly and there are ways to treat these patients now. Unfortunately, there is a big information gap between the primary care physicians and the specialists around the country who treat scoliosis. I lecture to groups around the country — to pediatricians, to primary care physicians, to internists — to try to reeducate, to try to change some of the misinformation that’s out there. The reality is that in the 21st century that we can treat scoliosis in adults and we can treat it very effectively. Talk about the staff at Consulting Orthopedists The core strength of Consulting Orthopedists is its staff. We have a dedicated group of individuals, including anesthesiologists, nurses, spinal cord monitoring individuals and implant specialists that work with the surgical team. Our operating time, our time for each case, has decreased and the benefit to the individual patient is that their outcomes are better. Plus, in an era when a lot of patien
