Hi guys, I was diagnosed with kyphosis in my spine due to shmorl’s nodes about 10 years ago. My curvature is currently about 69 degrees (65 when this photo was taken). I am on the edge of getting surgery for it. For those who got it, are you glad you did? For those who didn’t, what exercises do you recommend/ how do you cope with muscle pain/ fatigue? Thanks!

I’ve been diagnosed for a year, I have been to specialists and all they said in a very rude tone is “it will be fine”. It got better for 3 months now I’m in the worst pain of my life. That’s coming from someone who has almost died multiple times. I’m worried there is no solution for me I’ve been going to a spinal physio every two weeks for a year. I no longer can sleep at all and can barely move. My curve isn’t that bad but three of my vertebrae are the complete opposite way. What do I do? I can’t handle this pain for much longer.

Recently diagnosed with this condition and not sure how to feel about it, I’ve been having back pain for the last 10-15 years and recently had enough and went to a new doctor, had X-rays and was diagnosed, the problem with this is I’m a mechanic and not sure when a career change is a good idea, the doctor almost made it sound like I should get out quick but I just don’t know, so if you have a physical labor job and can tell your story it’d be great

Does anyone else constantly have a flight attendant tell you to put your seat upright for landing when it already is? I tell them it is, they don't believe me and reach over to push the button only to see for themselves. I think maybe my hunched posture makes it seem like it's reclined, just wondering if anyone else deals with this?

Hey everyone. I was told after an xray by my primary care that I had degenerative disc diseases. I was referred to a spinal surgeon and he said I absolutely DO NOT have degenerative disc disease but I do have Schesuermann’s Kyphosis.

He showed me my angle is 61 degrees and said 60 is the benchmark for Scheuermann’s. He said an average male is usually 40 degrees. But my case is mild.

Experience back pain when going for walks and it’s horrible upper back pain when I wash dishes. I think because the sink is so low. I’m a mechanic and rarely experience pain at work haha

I just perused through the posts in this sub and notice a lot of people worried about their appearance and talking about surgery to change it (mostly young people). Some with less curvature than me.

I just wanted to add a voice in here that says you look fine. My appearance never bothered me until my late 20s early 30s and even then I tried not to let it get to me and lived a very active life. Skateboarding, skiing, biking, sports, etc and never gave it any thought honestly until I got older and had a less active lifestyle. More time in front of screens and hunched over a phone. That’s when all the problems started.

I think the focus should be on strengthening your body and alleviating as much pain in your day to day life as possible. Just working on it will help you love yourself and loving your appearance will follow after naturally.

Glad to find a sub of people with a similar issue in varying degrees. May post my progression in here if it helps anyone with a similar condition.

I've had a 'hunched' back since my teens & it's really knocked my self esteem, im in my 20's now and there's no improvement but im determined to fix it with any excersises if possible, seems to be genetic as a few family members have the same posture any insight on what it might be would be grateful also, thanks.

With my newest diagnosis of Juvenile Degenerative Disc Disease, (multilevel disc degeneration under the age of 30-40, I am 20,) things have not been looking so bright for me. I’m currently being seen for suspected Scheuermann’s Disease as the cause, as I have multilevel disc wedging, Schmorl’s nodes, and exaggerated kyphosis. I was just curious, what is everyone’s pain like? What helps it? Where does it hurt worst? Etc. For me, my pain is constant and never goes away. The pain radiates from my mid back, between the shoulders primarily, into my shoulders, down my arms, into my fingers, etc. It’s worse on the left side for me, but I do experience it on both sides. The pain is like a dull throbbing ache, with the occasional hotness, numbness, and tingling. For me, nothing really helps the pain at all, other than maybe laying down, which has led me to become completely bed bound. I’d like to hear from all of you about your pain, anyone else in the same boat as me? Thanks

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Hello, I am 30 years old and I have been to two traumatologists. I have genetic kyphosis, according to the two traumatologists who visited me they told me that there was a kyphosis like in the neck, but according to them, although the curve is somewhat pronounced, it is not that serious and they have ruled out surgery. and that with exercise (core and spine strengthening) plus physical therapy I will be able to continue with my life without major inconveniences. Externally it is not excessively noticeable, although there is some curvature in the back and neck, as if my neck was somewhat forward. What do you think, how complicated do you see it? It only causes me a little, but very occasionally, sometimes the contractures at the level of the shoulder blades and neck and shoulders, but with physiotherapy or massage it improves. My physiotherapist also thinks that although there is kyphosis and the curve is somewhat pronounced "it could be worse." Another thing to keep in mind is that I don't know what degree of curvature I have.

Medical Report: RX CERVICAL SPINE FRONT AND PROFILE Seven vertebrae with cervical characteristics are observed. The vertebral bodies are of normal height, morphology and structure. Subtle posterior decrease in intervertebral spaces between C4-C5. The rest of the intervertebral spaces have preserved amplitude. The joints and uncinate processes are normal. The interfacial joints do not present alterations. No alterations are observed in the adjacent soft tissues. DORSAL SPINE FRONT AND PROFILE X-ray The vertebral bodies are of normal size, height and morphology. The intervertebral spaces are of normal height. The interapophyseal joints have normal characteristics. No alterations are observed in the adjacent soft tissues. Discrete lateralization of the lumbar spine to the right, only the 1st segments of the lumbar spine visualized.

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38 year old with scheurmanns. I saw a specialist around a year and a half ago which is when this X-ray was done. He recommended schroth physical therapy which I have been faithfully doing. Pain overall improved but I still have days I need ibuprofen. I am very active and run almost daily. I’m still very self conscious with how it looks. At what point did those who moved forward with surgery decide that was the best option ?

So...hey I have this symbiotic disease that eats away at me every day, I've had it since I was 14 and the first time I was diagnosed it was 73, now after 6 years it has reached 81 degrees. The back pain is there as in every post about this disease, I went to several doctors and the last one told me that no one would bother me, that if I had no complications apart from pain and a crooked spine I would have no reason to get involved with spine surgery... like IT s nothing..make some kineto and that s it Now...I'm afraid that it won't degenerate and it will be too late if I stay like this because I'm only 20 years old and I have great insecurities when it comes to my spine and in a way I' m ashamed of myself... well done for those who had surgery, where did they have it and how much did it cost? and how is it after the recovery period? I live in Romania and it is more difficult here with the interest, especially the infected hospitals here.

Back story for on me. 33M. Curve 75-80 degrees. Had a serve abscess at t4-t6 on top of Scheurman’s that left me paralyzed for two months. I regained my ability to walk but have ongoing pain & experienced worsening of my kyphotic curve.

I went to a clinic to do the Kyphobrace 7 months ago. I was told I would NEVER improve and would get worse.

After 7 months in the brace I went from 5’9” last December to 5’10 today at my Drs appointment! It freaking works! My nerve pain is gone as well. I am getting Xrays in November, to see the correction. I was 74 degrees at my first appointment, I strongly think I am around 60 right now considering I am the tallest I have ever been in my life.

Full exposure, my legs have gotten tight hamstrings especially I believe due to the brace and height increase as well as my existing nerve issues. I work in the healthcare industry and am working with my provider following my xray to publish a clinical study with that clinic with before and after xrays. Life will never be perfect for me, my back will always hurt, nerve pain will always be there a bit but the larger point I want to hammer to you all is that this did work for me and give me a month to link my final Xrays. Doctors told me I could NEVER improve. Doctors told me I could NEVER walk again. Cannot wait to link the real data to this group! I am 33 and now the tallest I have ever been! Let’s go 👍

I know I can't actually fix the curve but my doctors said I can certainly improve it with some exercises. While I do my exercises, I would also like some sort of device Ican wear around my house to correct my posture while I'm working on my computer. Any recommendations?

Here is a side picture of my back: https://imgur.com/a/xnxIaWU

I'm 19 years old I have massive back pain. I can't stand longer than 1 minute without pain. After about 10 minutes, it hurts very badly.
When I was 17, I went to a doctor and he said that by back is healthy and I should just start building muscles. He did an MRI scan. I went to the gym 6 times a week and did what he said. When I started, I was barely able to do one single pull up. Now I can do 12. My physique also changed much but my back pain has not improved at all. I went to a different doctor and he diagnosed me with Scheuermann's kyphosis. He said that it's not treatable and it will get even worse with age.

Is it possible to get surgery even with a mild curve? If it doesn't improve, I will never be able to work in any job. I'm currently studying medicine and when I work as a doctor later, I need to stand and sit for a long time. I don't know how I can manage that.

EDIT: I would like to make it clear. I am looking for advice on the next steps as it pertains to talking to my GP and getting him to understand that I’m not looking for drugs. I really do just want solutions that will ease my pain (preferably drug-free) because in my town addicts going to a GP for their fix is a huge problem .

Firstly I would like to explain that I grew up in a large metropolitan Canadian city but now I live in a very small (10 000 people or less) rural town where there is only 2 doctor’s offices and physicians(in most disciplines) that accept new patients are few; and far between.

Now with that background; at 15 I was told that I had minor scoliosis, Scheuermann's Disease of the lumbar vertebrae, right lateral wedging, and narrow spacing between the discs. It was then recommended that I get a brace to attempt to correct these issues, but my parents never got one for me. Then at 18 I went and got reevaluated and it was recommended that I get a neck brace as well as looking into a full back brace again; neither iof which I could afford.

Now, as for my most recent x-rays, they only x-rayed me from a profile view(which I thought was odd), and when my GP got the results, he said that the radiologist noted no significant issues. Notably, my current GP seems dismissive* of even the possibility that I have(or had) any musculoskeletal issues at all.

I regularly experience pain throughout my whole back**; which, since having my 2 kids (eldest is 4.5 years) has begun to intensify and spread. Additionally I have been having numbness episodes(beginning 2.5 years ago) with increasing duration and frequency in my right hand middle finger(initially) that now spreads to the entire right arm not including my shoulder.^ When I was originally diagnosed the only issues that I could identify were occasional moderate muscle spasms and infrequent pain as well as frequent soreness in my thoracic vertebrae area.

*In the interest of the open honesty, it should be stated that he seems dismissive of any issues that I bring up that don’t visually present, but that’s a separate issue.

** The affected area of which is not always the same and also varies in intensity depending on activity level, stress level and sleep quality/quantity

^ I believe that this symptom could possibly be related to carpal tunnel, but when I brought my thoughts up with my GP he didn’t take a look at it didn’t ask any questions about it, and again seemed to dismiss it

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042811005519#:\~:text=The%20Results%20have%20that%20there,anxiety%2C%20depression%2C%20and%20aggression.

Hi guys, this is my first post here 😀 I've been recently diagnosed with sheuermanns at the age of 31. 4 years ago I became a baker which was a lot of very heavy lifting which flared my sheuermanns into giving me back pack. I have since changed jobs and only get back pain when I say attend a concert which had long periods of standing or if I strain my back.

I was a week from booking in my breast augmentation surgery when I was diagnosed.

I wanted to reach out to see if anyone has had breast augmentation before and have had sheuermanns. Or diagnosed used after.

My physio is in a couple weeks but thought I'd pop in and just get some insight from you all who have more knowledge than I.

Thank you!

Hello everyone, planning to start hitting the gym to improve my appearance finally. What excercises should i prioritize to help with my posture or avoid in order i dont hurt my already fucked up lower back?

Radiology Report: Cervical spondylosis and facet arthrosis contributing to moderate central canal stenosis at C5-C6 and C6-C7 as well as severe foraminal narrowing at C5-C6 on the left and C6-C7 bilaterally with concern for impingement of exiting left C6 and bilateral C7 nerve roots.

When I create traction in this area the rest of my pain goes away down to my L5, any thoughts? Can someone dumb down my results? Thanks.