How can adult scolisis be treated? I have a very crooked spine at 80yr

I guess Yin & Yang.Went to a neurosurgeon to look into options for my Scoliosis, affecting L3-L4, L4-L5, and L5-S1. Looked at the MRI, did a physical exam, and said that there is nothing he could do. He pointed out that surgery, such as a Laminectomy, or even spacers, using minimally invasive techniques, would not be advisable given my age (late 70's) and the extent of the scoliosis. He basically said I should continue doing what I am doing - exercises, acupuncture and steroid injections - since they seem to be somewhat effective, lessening my pain from tear inducing excruciating pain, to just "ouch", and almost no pain at the start of the day which increases as the day goes on. We'll see how that goes though once I restart my docent work, where I will be on my feet for about 4 hours.BUT - we did have a nice chat about baseball as we grew up in same neighborhood & fans of same teams(Go Phillies!).

I'm in early mid 70s and dealing with same L-3 thru S-1 scoliosis, stenosis, degenerative osteoarthritis. Spine specialist suggested 2 options to relieve varying extreme to moderate pain. Most extreme is fusing the 3 areas, but he suggested I try bilateral nerve ablation of facet joints and referred me to pain specialist. Insurance requires 2 "diagnostic block injections" to determine if successful (temporary relief only). I just had 2nd test last week and will be proceeding within a month with nerve ablations. Current use of Aleve, occasional codeine with acetaminophen and wear back support brace when on my feet a lot.

@kathy2hilltop Do you have a back brace you would recommend?

Isn't ibuprofen better than Aleve for back pain? And ibuprofen along with acetaminophen at the same time work better together than each one separately. My wife went thru with the 24 injection nerve ablations (she had it done 2 or 3 times), but it wears off quickly. If it were me, I'd try fusing the 3 areas. All the less invasive options just seem to be like band aids.

I guess Yin & Yang.Went to a neurosurgeon to look into options for my Scoliosis, affecting L3-L4, L4-L5, and L5-S1. Looked at the MRI, did a physical exam, and said that there is nothing he could do. He pointed out that surgery, such as a Laminectomy, or even spacers, using minimally invasive techniques, would not be advisable given my age (late 70's) and the extent of the scoliosis. He basically said I should continue doing what I am doing - exercises, acupuncture and steroid injections - since they seem to be somewhat effective, lessening my pain from tear inducing excruciating pain, to just "ouch", and almost no pain at the start of the day which increases as the day goes on. We'll see how that goes though once I restart my docent work, where I will be on my feet for about 4 hours.BUT - we did have a nice chat about baseball as we grew up in same neighborhood & fans of same teams(Go Phillies!).

@kathy2hilltop Do you have a back brace you would recommend?

Isn't ibuprofen better than Aleve for back pain? And ibuprofen along with acetaminophen at the same time work better together than each one separately. My wife went thru with the 24 injection nerve ablations (she had it done 2 or 3 times), but it wears off quickly. If it were me, I'd try fusing the 3 areas. All the less invasive options just seem to be like band aids.