Tag: Treatment
Scoliosis
Posted on October 27, 2016
Introduction Scoliosis in Children Through Adults The Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at the Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian offers care for infants, children, adolescents and adults with scoliosis and spinal deformities. Michael G. Vitale MD MPH treats scoliosis in children ... Read More
Neuromuscular Scoliosis (NS)
Posted on October 27, 2016
What is it? Neuromuscular scoliosis is a condition that affects children with neuromuscular disorders and is characterized by the presence of one or more abnormal curvatures of the spine. This curvature causes the spinal column to bend to the left or ... Read More
Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis (JIS)
Posted on October 27, 2016
[caption id="attachment_3197" align="alignright" width="450"] Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis Treatments[/caption] Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis affects children between 3–9 years of age. The exact cause of juvenile scoliosis (and for that matter adolescent idiopathic scoliosis) is unknown. It is a condition in which there is ... Read More
Idiopathic Infantile Scoliosis (IIS)
Posted on October 27, 2016
What is it? [caption id="attachment_3195" align="alignright" width="400"] Infantile Idiopathic Scoliosis Casting[/caption] Infantile idiopathic scoliosis is a condition that affects children before the age of 3 and is characterized by the presence of an abnormal curve of the spine to the right or ... Read More
Non-Operative Care for Spine & Scoliosis
Posted on October 27, 2016
What is it? Here at Columbia Orthopedics we strive to offer a center for Non-Operative Care for Spine and Scoliosis. We aim to serve all age groups from the treatment of young children with early onset scoliosis to adolescents with idiopathic ... Read More
Congenital Scoliosis (CS)
Posted on October 27, 2016
What is it? Congenital scoliosis is a condition that affects newborns or young infants and is characterized by the presence of an abnormal curvature of the spine. Children with this condition actually begin to develop the curvature before birth, during the ... Read More
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)
Posted on October 27, 2016
What is it? Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, also called AIS, is a condition that affects children between the age of 10 and young adulthood and is characterized by the presence of an abnormal curve of the spine to the right or the ... Read More
For Very Young Children, There’s A Way To Cure Scoliosis Without Surgery
Posted on July 19, 2016
"There’s A Way To Cure Scoliosis Without Surgery" Courtesy CBS New York Read More
Non-Operative Care of Scoliosis
Posted on June 08, 2016
Please click below for information about these options for Non-Operative Care of Scoliosis: Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis-Specific Exercise (PSSE): The Schroth Method Scoliosis Bracing Scoliosis Casting Other resources for Non-Operative Care of Scoliosis: What to Expect: Non-Operative Care Non-Operative Care for Spine & ... Read More
Boy, 6, with Scoliosis is First in New York Area to Get Magnetic Spine Lengthening Treatment
Posted on August 14, 2014
Courtesy NY Daily News Call it medical magic — make that MAGEC (Magnetic Spine Lengthening Treatment). Doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital are now reaching for the handheld MAGEC device instead of their scalpel when they treat patients with early-onset scoliosis, characterized by a spinal ... Read More