My 8 year old daughter, Destiny, has been wearing a Boston brace for a couple months now. She absolutely hates it. She is the only kids at her elementary school that has to wear one. When she needs to use the restroom at school she needs help with the brace, taking off and putting it back on. The office staff has been very supportive and lets her use the office restroom and one secretary helps her with the brace. Destiny also has been very sensitive lately and cries at a drop of a hat. She has juvenile idiopathic scoliosis and her curve is 35 degrees. She wears the brace 20+ hours a day. Destiny has learned that when she doesn't wear it, takes it for a short break, her backs starts to hurt.
I have a couple questions that I hope somebody can help me with.
1) How can I build her up and make wearing the brace a more positive experience?
2)The brace has a tendency to push on the waist line of her pants causing them to slip. If she wears a belt, after the brace is put on the belt bunches up in the back causing discomfort when she sits down. Any ideas on how to help her keep her pants up ?
I have a couple questions that I hope somebody can help me with.
1) How can I build her up and make wearing the brace a more positive experience?
2)The brace has a tendency to push on the waist line of her pants causing them to slip. If she wears a belt, after the brace is put on the belt bunches up in the back causing discomfort when she sits down. Any ideas on how to help her keep her pants up ?
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