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Facts and Tips about Scoliosis

  • You're 20% more likely to develop scoliosis if someone else in your family also has scoliosis.

  • In 80% of scoliosis cases, the cause is unknown-that's known as idiopathic scoliosis.

  • Scoliosis is usually painless.

  • Girls are at least four times as likely to develop scoliosis as boys…and doctors don't know why that is.

  • 96% of adolescents with scoliosis continue to play sports.
Last Updated: 01/29/2008

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