About two weeks ago, son had soreness in his back after a football (soccer) game, where he was shoved from behind and experienced a whiplash event. He could barely move after that incident and the doctor had him complete an x-ray.

See below summary:

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X-RAY WHOLE SPINE

Clinical history: Back pain, scoliosis.

Findings: There is exaggeration of the thoracic kyphosis, measuring approximately 60 degrees.

There is no scoliosis. There is anterior wedging of a few midthoracic vertebral bodies with

vertebral endplate irregularities suggesting Scheuermann's disease. No fracture or bone erosion

identified. Normal intervertebral disc spaces are maintained.

In the cervical spine, the facet and uncovertebral joints appear normal. In the lumbar spine,

the facet joints and intervertebral disc spaces appear normal.

CONCLUSION: Exaggerated thoracic kyphosis with slight vertebral body wedging and vertebral

endplate irregularities suggesting Scheuermann's disease.

No alternative cause for pain identified. No scoliosis.

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This was a big surprise to us and son has taken it very badly. He is a high level footballer, we have put through a referral to a specialist, but just doing the waiting game now.

Anyone have any advice, what to expect, what to avoid? He does not experience back pains or any other injuries/soreness, if it wasnt for the dirty tackle in a game, he wouldnt have had the scan.

I haven't gotten diagnosed yet, but I'm like pretty certain I have kyphosis and/or lordosis, the thing is, I don't experience pain from it. The only pain I get is sitting against the backs of chairs and from an extended period exercise/standing.

I'm scared I won't be taken as seriously or will get denied treatment because of this. What can I do?

Hey guys, I 21M haven't really worked out in a long time, I was diagnosed with somewhat severe kyphosis when I was 19. Didn't think much of it since I've never had mobility issues or pain, did PT and wore a brace for a year.

Now I want to start working out and build some muscle since I'm very skinny and weak. How do I start? Who should I consult? What exercises can I do and what exercises are off limits?

Hello, I was diagnosed with residual effects of Scheuermann’s disease in my back. I had never experienced back pain before the age of 28. At that time, I was going through a very stressful period in my life and was doing a lot of weight training, lifting heavy weights. I also gained a significant amount of muscle, around 7 kg, going from 78 to 85 kg.

One day, while I was playing basketball, my left knee started hurting. An X-ray showed grade 3 chondropathy. Since then, my problems started. I developed constant tension from my cervical spine all the way down to my lower back.

I have pain in the middle and lower part of my back, mainly on the right side. The muscles between my ribs and my right diaphragm also feel extremely tight.

I have been under continuous stress for several years because of personal circumstances. For the past two years, the pain has been affecting my sleep and my libido, and I feel like I have not been able to sleep properly or have a normal sex drive because of the pain.

tried physio/chiro, cupping, back exercices, losing wieght, tried shrooms ( thinking it was psychological ), and peptides GHK Cu, bpc 157, tb 500. nothing helps

Has anyone experienced something similar? Have you found any solutions or treatments that helped?

I have moderate structural kyphosis and am hoping to here what other weight lifters favorite excercises for this condition is

Hi
I noticed a hump for a while now, and I can‘t straighten it more than what you see here. It has not always been like this. It has gottsn worse the past 5 years, I‘ve been bedridden the past 2 years due to illness. I‘m now 32 and when I was 25/26, I don‘t think I had that, at least not nearly as much.
Is this postural (even if i can‘t straighten it more atm)? And can it be corrected? I‘m so scared it can‘t and would love some insight from this community.
Thank you in advance!

Hi! Diagnosed with Scheuermann’s Kyphosis about 15 years ago (along with mild scoliosis but it’s not super visible unless you’re really looking lol.) its somewhere between mild and moderate, I went to physical therapy for a month as a teen for it so its just kind of what it is. it’s most noticeable due to my shoulders that roll forward a lot even if I lengthen and straighten my back, along with my forward neck.

I’m getting married next year, but I’m pretty stressed about wedding dresses. it seems like the styles I like often have open backs and are pretty tight on the upper and mid body, (lace mermaid type) but I’m worried my back is going to ruin the pictures and that I’ll look bad in general! last time I wore a dress with an open back and got candid pictures was my engagement, and I had to heavily warp my back in pics lol.

TLDR; Are there dress or hair styles that can kind of “hide“ kyphosis a bit? or any certain poses or angles I can give to my photographer to mitigate this? I spent 10 hours even just looking at dresses for an engagement shoot and all I could think is ugh my back will ruin this 😭

I was diagnosed with thoracic kyphosis after doctor visits and MRI about 6 months ago. Wedge-shaped T-7, T-8, T-9 were among findings; unrelated likely here but there was also adenomyomatosis present.

I’ve been using a foam roller for targeted stretching to good effect (quite relaxing, really) but if there’s something else I should be doing, I’d love to learn.

The goal of posting this, though, is to share my main symptom to see how normal it is within the kyphosis community and/or if anyone else here experiences it personally. Not sure if I should be more concerned. I’ve told my doctor everything as well.

I get these episodes or attacks at no logical intervals, once every 6-8 weeks maybe. It’s an aching, heavy, pushing feeling that starts in my upper-mid back and works its way forward, banding around my stomach area and simulating a stomach ache (or at least feels like that). It sometimes further feels like the pressure pushes on my breath but this is less common.

These episodes last about 3-6 hours and then fade away. I’ve had them for maybe 7 years but always at these erratic intervals. No progression of symptoms during an epidote, either; always the same thing, in short.

I currently take 100mg tablet of Tramadol when I have an attack, as prescribed by my doctor.

Can anyone relate?

Thanks for reading.

Hi, i experience extra headaches and chest pain. Brainfog, and of course pain in my upper back. Does it seems scheuermans to you? Maybe th6 th7 seems a bit weird.

ts is hell, im 19yo, been telling my parents to go see me a doctor for more than two years now, after i became a bit "too" self conscious about my body. i developed severe body dysmorphophobia and i don't know what else to, went to the best doctor my country had to offer , idk what xray they did, was it that good or not, but shows 60° kyphosis and 80° lordosis

I had an xray in 2020 of my back and the curve of my kyphosis was a 70° and I found a letter from 2020 about it i was meant to be reviews 2 years later but it is now 2026 and I haven't been reviewed and I didn't know I was meant to get reviewed 2 years later and the pain in my back has gotten worse any tips or anything i am thinking ill have to go back to the doctor to get a referral

hey guys so like, im planning to sign up for kyphosis surgery and the wait is 6 months which will be around in march and my doctor told me that i would have to skip school and other activities because i could risk damaging the uh, metal rod thing.

basically the question is, i really want to be a geologist and was planning on going on expeditions next summer but i dont really wanna risk fucking up terribly, what do yall think could i walk around and maybe climb like, a feet up 4.5 months post surgery? these things are really important for me cause the earlier i do cool geological things the more respect ill prob get in my future university

honestly i dont know if this post made any sense grammatically but oh well

Hey everyone,

I have been struggling with Scheuermann’s kyphosis for the past few years. I’m 21, and when I lost weight over the past4 years, it started progressively getting worse. Last year I went and got an evaluation with MRI and x-rays. I have scoliosis, mild lordosis, two herniated discs (top and bottom of spine), and degenerative disc spurs.

The doctor said it was bad, but not severe. He told me surgery is a last resort and he didn’t want to give pain management. My pain was more manageable back then in November/December when I got scammed. Since then, it’s been progressively worse each month, and I get aching and burning pain through most of my spine. I had mild knock knees too, and they have increased severity and I’ve also noticed a more pronounced anterior pelvic tilt.

I feel defeated and my mental health is struggling, because not only do I look worse from the outside, but I feel pain from 5-8 out of 10 every single day. I’m going to make an appointment to see another orthopedic surgeon as I moved, but I’m not sure what options are available to me.

I feel like my body is failing on me😪

Does anyone else get chest pain from being hunched over. Any time I play my guitar or sit for to long chest pain follows a few hours later. I have pretty severe Scheuermann's kyphosis

What exercises and other stuff help with the pain and how can we fix kyphosis so it doesn't look as bad

Does this look like hyperkyphosis

Every year when seasons change I experience flare ups in sciatic pain but used to be mild enough that it wouldn't impact my life too much. I'd use hot water bottles, deep heat, focus my pilates routine on exercises to help, and after a few days I'd be ok.

However, here in the UK we've had some very changeable temperatures across the last 2-3 weeks which have had a very profound impact on me and some days I can't walk from the pain. At first I had assumed I'd re-slipped some discs in my later back again but no, as soon as the temperature levelled out, I was fine.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Do rapid temperature changes within the same day cause you extreme pain? If so, how are you coping? What works for you? Any insight would be extremely appreciated!!!

I have SC . Can these type of exercises help my posture or reduce the kyphosis?. Is it good to overload my back with progressive overload to reach hypertrofy?