In this episode Sumeet Garg, MD, discusses back pain management, including identifying characteristics and the relationship between scoliosis and back pain. Dr. Garg is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Children's Colorado and associate professor of orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
In this episode:
- The incidence of back pain in kids, especially adolescence
- Identifying what to look for on physical examination
- When to obtain imagining
- The challenge with MRI in younger kids
- Suggestions for talking with patients and families about back pain
- Tight hamstrings and weak core abdominal muscles as an underlying driver of back pain
- What type of patients should see an orthopedic surgeon for back pain
- The relationship between scoliosis and back pain in pediatric and adolescent patients
- Bad posture as a habit and not a deformity
- Scoliosis and what families can expect over time
