12-year-old Vivy Huckared is a competitive dancer practicing 15 to 20 hours a week, but the scoliosis she was diagnosed with last year could force her to stop. >> I was like scared and I was like confused. >> Vivy started sleeping in this brace, but the curve in her spine grew worse.>> It's like that. >> Yeah. >> Her mom an Marie found a specialist near where they live in Denver who said Vivy was the perfect candidate for a surgery called vertebral body tethering or VBT.But now she's battling their insuranc ...

Anyone can develop back pain, no matter who you are or how old you are. And there are conditions, too. And while some of them can be fixed with surgery or physical therapy, others last forever.Hi, my name is Scarlett Weinstein and I'm here to tell you the most common conditions, causes, and the inevitable consequences that come with back pain. But before I can get into the statistics and the facts, I need to tell you a story. In the spring of sixth grade, I went to an orthopedist at 9 in the morning on a wh ...