I was diagnosed with scoliosis in 1984. I had surgery with a Harrington rod inserted. I was in my 30's when I had the surgery and I will share I experienced much pain. Now I'm experiencing some heart pain that brought me to ER 3 times over a 4 year period. I saw a heart specialist 5 days ago who ordered a CT Angiogram; my heart is fine, however, the heart pain is musculoskeletal not from the heart. I researched scoliosis and found that my type of scoliosis can move the rib cage and press on the heart and lungs. In my opinion this is what is happening regarding the pain in my heart. I have an appt to see a scoliosis specialist in two weeks. I want to know what I could do to stop the ribs from pressing on my heart. Is anyone else having this problem? As I get older the back pain gets worse.

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