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