To this day, there are still many people who believe that “spinal disease” is an occupational, geriatric, or urban disease. Each type of disease may have its own special group of people, but spinal disease is by far the exception that I cannot define its characteristics. It has been calculated that the vertebrae that make up the spine can be arranged in nearly 200 million different combinations. It is only when the combinations are in normal condition that the human spine remains healthy. However, every aspect of growing up from birth, receiving hugs, toddling, learning and working, is undoubtedly a test and challenge for the spine, and any slightest slip-up may cause varying degrees of spinal damage, affecting the normal alignment of the spine and leading to spinal disorders. Moreover, children do not really know how to express body pain, so they have not heard of neck, shoulder and back pain, so where do spinal disorders come from? Since the spine in childhood is not yet mature, the structure is not stable, and the protection mechanism is not perfect, many factors can easily cause abnormal spinal alignment in children, and only after a certain degree of severity will it become obvious. Another common cause is congenital abnormalities in vertebral development, such as hemivertebral deformity, continuous vertebral deformity, congenital spina bifida and other congenital structural defects that often lead to spinal deformity and pain. In addition, children’s bodies are still fragile and prone to spinal diseases such as spinal tuberculosis, spinal tumors, and poliomyelitis. Imagine how many “difficult” tests of the spine a baby has to go through since birth. At birth, the baby’s head and neck are often turned to the left, rotated to the right and pulled forward by doctors and nurses; after birth, the baby is carried around and shaken by adults; after a few months, the baby starts to crawl and roll on the ground, and accidentally falls from a high place; as a toddler, falls are common; when he grows up again, he starts to play, somersault and stand upside down; when he goes to school, he has to carry a heavy school bag. When it comes to school, they have to carry bulky school bags and do endless homework. …… Children have a strong compensatory capacity of the spine and are not prone to adverse sensations, and even if they do, they are easily ignored by their parents. Some children gradually show poor standing and sitting posture or odd movements, and parents will mostly mistakenly think that it is just the child’s bad habits and do not pay attention. There are also children who are obviously stunted, shorter in height than their peers, easily fatigued, and unmotivated, but because parents lack common sense in this area, they often just treat the headache and the foot, without finding the real culprit of spinal abnormalities. Because of the softness of the child’s joints, some of the symptoms disappear easily, or there may not be any pain or other obvious symptoms occurring, but the abnormal alignment of the spine remains and becomes a hidden problem. It may take years, or even decades, before the symptoms manifest themselves. According to medical institutions, 80% of elderly people with scoliosis originated in childhood, and in China, the incidence of various degrees of spinal abnormalities or scoliosis in children is as high as 20%. Scoliosis is the most common and widespread problem of spinal disorders in children and adolescents. If you can build awareness of spinal health, master some general knowledge of spinal health care, early detection and early treatment, the vast majority of scoliosis can be completely corrected and controlled, and will not cause significant impact on the body.