Scoliosis Screenings: Heroic Prevention or Expensive Overreach?

If you were a kid in the ‘90s, you probably remember that awkward “bend over and touch your toes” moment in gym class — not for stretching, but for scoliosis screening.

Fast forward a few decades, and the debate among spine surgeons rages on: are these school screenings a public health triumph, or just a relic of well-intentioned overdiagnosis?