Want To Prevent Back Problems? Get Up!

My reporting for Monday's Los Angeles Times (here and here) includes the statistic, derived from one study, that a solid majority of healthy people over age 60 have scoliosis of the spine. In the patient population I commonly see in St. Louis, at the university where Larry Lenke and Keith Bridwell work, most of the patient's who've gone on to have surgery for their scoliosis are in their 60's to 80's.  Click here for full article.