Welcome to the Scoliosis Association
of Australia

This website is designed to help you and others in need of information on Scoliosis.

Through this website we will be advising of any fundraising activities and any new research or treatments that are available. To find out more about Scoliosis, please click on to About Scoliosis.

Everyone's spine has natural curves. These curves round our shoulders and make our lower back curve slightly inward. But some people have spines that also curve from side to side. Unlike poor posture, these curves can't be corrected simply by learning to stand up straight.

This condition of side-to-side spinal curves is called scoliosis. On an x-ray, the spine of a person with scoliosis looks more like an "S" or a "C" than a straight line. Some of the bones in a scoliotic spine also may have rotated slightly, making the person's waist or shoulders appear uneven.

One of the most common signs of scoliosis is a prominent shoulder blade, frequently the right one. One shoulder might also be higher, and the child seems to tilt to one side. One hip might seem higher than another. Eighty percent of cases have unknown causes, although it tends to run in families and affect more girls than boys. Source: National Scoliosis Foundation

Our aims

The Scoliosis Association of Australia is an independent not for profit organisation and its aims are simple:

• to put people with scoliosis in touch with each other, if they so wish, for mutual support and to exchange experiences. All information is strictly confidential.
• to provide information about scoliosis that sometimes is not available in busy hospital clinics;
• to inform the general public about scoliosis and how to detect it early in children.