thoracic scoliosis Archives

Apr

2018

Thoracogenic Scoliosis: What Does This Term Mean?

Erika

Medical professionals use a mind-boggling array of different terms to refer to scoliosis and other curvatures of the spine. On this blog, we frequently aim to put some of this arcane diagnostic jargon into layman’s terms – see our posts on levoconvex scoliosis and thoracic hyperkyphosis, for example. The tricky medical term that we’d like … Read more

May

2017

Mild Thoracic Dextroscoliosis: What Does It Mean?

Erika

Doctors and other medical professionals use a lot of long words when describing scoliosis, to the point where some patients find it difficult to know exactly what they’re being diagnosed with. You probably know that scoliosis is a sideways spinal curve, but would you understand what the doctor meant if – for example – they … Read more