Guest guest Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Hi all, I am not sure if I am doing this right, I just joined the group. I don't know where else to turn. I was diagnosed with scoliosis at 13 and was treated with a brace (I don't know my curve degrees and all that). I never had any problems, except cosmetically, but even then nothing that really impacted my life. However, starting about 8 months ago (I'm 31 now) I have had pain in what seems like every muscle in my back (with no trauma or apparent injury). I thought I pulled something but it has gotten progressively worse, and for the past few weeks I can hardly do anything and I am in a great deal of pain. I tried going to two spine specialists who said they specialized in scoliosis and both won't see me because they don't think I am a surgical candidate (because of my age I guess? but they've never seen or examined me, so I can't tell how that decision was made). I don't necessarily want surgery, I just want answers! I'm scared to exercise because everything seems to make it worse. To be honest, I am not 100% sure that my scoliosis is causing this, but I would like someone to at least examine me and help make that determination, you know? Anyway, I'm just frustrated, and wondering- who do you go to for these issues, if not a spine specialist? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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