I was diagnosed with Scoliosis when I was 13 or so. They said because of the severity and how rapidly it was curving surgery would be the only way to stop it from curving anymore and more or less save my life. Had they waited for me to go to a chiropractor or wait until I hit my growth spurt, the curve would have doubled. The 1st surgery, they placed steel rods on either side of my spine. 3 years later, they broke and I had to get them taken out and replaced with titanium rods. A year after that, I got an infection from the rods. So I went in again and had 3 more surgeries (1 to take out the rods, 2 to clear out the infection)

I'm not against chiropractor's or anything. I went to one after the last surgery 4 years ago to help me regain feeling in my thighs (most of my nerves were damaged the right side of my body) and to stregthen my back and it worked. I didn't want the surgery personally, but I had no choice. My parents are the one's who decided that I should have it and even they really didn't want it but saw no other options available for the severity and type of scoliosis I had. I still have minor pain now and again in my shoulders, but it's usually caused by weather (rain, snow, etc) and whether or not I've drank a decent amount of water during the day.