Free Growth Chart Helps Parents Monitor Child's Growth And Spine Health During Spine Health Awareness Month

CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- October is Spine Health Awareness Month and the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (MOR) pediatric spine physicians want parents to understand the importance of year-round scoliosis monitoring and early detection.

MOR is the first center in the Midwest to develop and offer a free assessment tool to measure your child's growth and monitor their spine health. This complimentary chart can be ordered all year round at www.rushortho.com under "pediatric scoliosis." It provides guidance for at-home testing for scoliosis and helps in the early detection of this progressive spine disease.

Scoliosis is a condition in which the spine has an abnormal side-to-side "S- or "C"-shaped curvature (10 degrees or greater on X-ray) and is also rotated or twisted, pulling the ribs along with it.  Three to five children out of every 1,000 develop spinal curves that are over 50 degrees, considered large enough to require treatment.  Untreated scoliosis can lead to heart and lung problems. Early detection is important. 

This 9 by 38.8 inch growth chart allows parents to track their child's height and monitor their spine health.  It features a life-size, spine graphic and information on the Adams Forward Bend Test, an at-home assessment for detecting scoliosis.   If your child has an S-curve, you can contact Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush pediatric spine specialists Drs. Howard An and Christopher DeWald.  They are among the best in the country to diagnose, evaluate, treat and monitor young patients with scoliosis. 

About the Spine Specialists at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush
Dr. Howard An, spine, back and neck orthopedic surgeon at MOR is one of the leading authorities on spinal surgery and has published more than 280 articles, 100 chapters and 15 books on spinal surgery and instrumentation.  Dr. Christopher DeWald, orthopedic surgeon and head of the spinal deformity division at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, specializes in advanced techniques in spinal surgery.  Dr. DeWald, who is son of scoliosis surgeon Dr. Ronald DeWald, has lectured both nationally and internationally on the treatment of scoliosis. 

To request the spine chart, email:  [email protected].  To learn more about scoliosis or make an appointment, call or log on to www.rushortho.com.

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SOURCE Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush

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