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Can mild scoliosis be cured completely? i've been told i have scoliosis, but it's not severe. will treatment cure the problem completely, or will i always have some curvature?
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Most : Most likely you will always have some curvature. Bracing can reduce the chances of a curve progressing, but usually doesn't reduce the curve. Surgery can reduce the curve if the curve is large enough to require it.
Answered 1/7/2019
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No: There is really no "cure" for mild scoliosis from the structural perspective. Non surgical treatments do not straighten the curve and we do not do surgery for mild curves. But the reason all that is ok is because mild curves are not really usually associated with problems. Even the incidence of back pain is similar in someone with a mild curve as it is in someone with a straight spine. Thanks.
Answered 8/14/2015
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