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T-Shirt Design Contest

Participate in our 2024 T-Shirt design contest! The winners of this contest will have their design featured on the Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation (SSSF) T-Shirts store, be recognized in the SSSF newsletter and social media, and will receive a free t-shirt with their design on it along with a classic…...

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New Leadership Announcement

The Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation (SSSF) is proud to announce the appointment of a new leadership team....

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Recruiting Young People in Brace Treatment

A Master’s student at University College London (UCL) is recruiting young people on brace treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, aged 10 to 15, to join a research project....

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Sofia’s Walkathon Fundraiser

Thank you, Sofia, for organizing a Walkathon Fundraiser to support the Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation! We are extremely lucky to have support from patients like you!...

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Congratulations Peter Newton, MD and HSG Members!

A recent abstract from Peter Newton, MD, and HSG members has won the prestigious Thomas E. Whitecloud Award....

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FDA Collaboration – Patient and Caregiver Connection

Setting Scoliosis Straight (SSS) is now participating in the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Patient and Caregiver Connection....

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Ten-year Follow-up of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Confirms Benefits of Surgery

The largest study of its kind for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), with at least 10-year follow-up of complications and reoperations following spinal fusion for AIS,...

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Kids Health Matters: Getting back in the game after scoliosis surgery

Despite some setbacks, a young girl is back on her feet, doing what she loves and getting back in the game after surgery for scoliosis....

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Philadelphia Tether for Scoliosis

HSG Surgeon Dr. Amer Samdani of Shriner’s Hospital – Philadelphia, discusses VBT (tethering) to treat scoliosis “The ability to utilize a child’s growth to correct the curve in their back is a leap in the way these children are treated – properly selected patients can achieve curve correction while maintaining…...

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Children Spinal Health: Avoid back pain and injuries from heavy backpacks

August 13, 2018 By: Carlos Amezcua from KUSI News, San Diego Dr. Peter Newton, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon with Rady Children’s Hospital visited the studio to share some information about how kids can avoid back pain and complications from heavy backpacks. Dr. Peter Newton is chief of the division of Orthopedics…...

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