Scoliosis: Multiple Skeletal Disorders

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Although there are multiple skeletal disorders, scoliosis is one of the most well known, and to me, one of the most interesting out there. So what exactly is scoliosis? It’s an abnormal sideways curvature of the spine. Scoliosis mostly occurs during the growth spurt a child has before puberty. Most cases of scoliosis are mold and can be corrected, but some people can develop spinal deformities that could get more severe as the child continues to grow. Girls are more susceptible to risk of progression of scoliosis than boys. Scoliosis could run in families, but most of the time, children with the skeletal disorder don’t have any traces of it in their lineage. Despite the fact that most causes of scoliosis are unknown, here are some that are