Dr Alan Stoddard writes that: "The condition can be quite painless and many young people are unaware that they are affected by it. Sometimes parents or school doctors notice the shape of the spine but because it is painless the condition is dismissed as unimportant." (Talk Back, National Back Pain Association, January 1985, p3)

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