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Thursday's Health Report: Know the signs of scoliosis
BATON ROUGE — Scoliosis affects seven million Americans, according to the National Scoliosis Foundation.While it is usually found early in childhood, it can cause future health problems if left untreated. That's why experts say early detection is critical.Scoliosis is any curving of the spine that is more than 10 degrees off."I tell people it's not really a disease, it's just a descriptive term," said Nick Fletcher, an orthopedic surgeon at the Children's Hospital of Atlanta.Signs of...
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Monday's Health Report: How to prevent injuries while playing pickleball
BATON ROUGE — The popularity of pickleball has exploded. So have injuries attributed to the sport.There are two main injuries players can sustain due to the sport.A common pickleball injury is a traumatic one — like a broken wrist."Sometimes the patients are a little bit older, they may have undiagnosed osteoporosis, they fall over, they break their wrist, and we see actually a lot of those injuries," Dr. Sanj Kakar from the Mayo Clinic said. "For example, the tendinitis type of...
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