Thank you all
Hi
Thank you again for all for reviewing and discussing different possible options.
Ed,
I saw the video and it looks like you seem to be good shape and health. Thank you for words of encouragement. THe surgeons I have met have done many scoliosis surgeries and thus seemed to be experienced and need to check to see if they are associated with SRS. One of the Orthos (who seemed young, may be has 10 years of experience) said she does multiple surgeries during the week especially during the summer given the school holidays.
Thanks to Linda, A Mom on providing details on Medx TR, CTR and PT in general and I am not sure which one is classified as major curve and which one is compensatory, will ask the Ortho during my next visit. It is disappointing to learn that CTR may not help my daughter given that her major curve might be TL (the X-ray report says 49 deg for TL) but will explore PTR. I have uploaded the images below from X-ray taken about month ago.
We are currently doing some Yoga (including a sideplank on her left hand (convexity side of her TL) and Schroth and I know these may not help but at least I do not want leave no stone unturned. Here is another detailed link on Side Plank
https://yogainternational.com/articl...-of-side-plank
A mom, I would really appreciate your input in suggesting appropriate exercises that might potentially help to stop the progression.
We just started with a Brace last week and it is not easy at all for a 13 year old girl given the challenges it throws at you for daily continuous wear and reading/hearing about it here, it may not be effective but again I don't mind trying for few months to see if helps or not.
Thanks to Emily, Pooka1, mariaf and coolblue for discussing on Tethering and I am exploring it but as said earlier, I want to exhaust all non-surgical options before seriously considering any surgery. Tethering seems like a good option given that spine is not fused and her Risser sign is 0 but seems too new given that less than 150 surgeries are done in the last few years.
I know A mom mentioned to get an MRI, which I believe is normally recommended just before the surgery and was wondering if it would be any more detail than x-ray in my situation given that it is classic AIS curve and not atypical left thoracic or do not have any other neurological symptoms.
Also, I wanted to get an opinion from experts here on potential link between Orthodontia and its effect on curve progression. My daughter wears ortho braces and if somebody says there is remote negative correlation between the 2, I do not mind removing her teeth brace, See the link below
http://www.massagetoday.com/mpacms/m...e.php?id=13356
I know some of you may not agree on Craniosacral therapy etc but you never know since docs seem to be so specialized these days that I feel like they might miss these remote connections.
Again, thank you all for your valuable feedback and timely responses. If I missed providing any specifics that would help you to answer clearly, please let me know as it is possible I might missed answering something.
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-Sam
Hi
Thank you again for all for reviewing and discussing different possible options.
Ed,
I saw the video and it looks like you seem to be good shape and health. Thank you for words of encouragement. THe surgeons I have met have done many scoliosis surgeries and thus seemed to be experienced and need to check to see if they are associated with SRS. One of the Orthos (who seemed young, may be has 10 years of experience) said she does multiple surgeries during the week especially during the summer given the school holidays.
Thanks to Linda, A Mom on providing details on Medx TR, CTR and PT in general and I am not sure which one is classified as major curve and which one is compensatory, will ask the Ortho during my next visit. It is disappointing to learn that CTR may not help my daughter given that her major curve might be TL (the X-ray report says 49 deg for TL) but will explore PTR. I have uploaded the images below from X-ray taken about month ago.
We are currently doing some Yoga (including a sideplank on her left hand (convexity side of her TL) and Schroth and I know these may not help but at least I do not want leave no stone unturned. Here is another detailed link on Side Plank
https://yogainternational.com/articl...-of-side-plank
A mom, I would really appreciate your input in suggesting appropriate exercises that might potentially help to stop the progression.
We just started with a Brace last week and it is not easy at all for a 13 year old girl given the challenges it throws at you for daily continuous wear and reading/hearing about it here, it may not be effective but again I don't mind trying for few months to see if helps or not.
Thanks to Emily, Pooka1, mariaf and coolblue for discussing on Tethering and I am exploring it but as said earlier, I want to exhaust all non-surgical options before seriously considering any surgery. Tethering seems like a good option given that spine is not fused and her Risser sign is 0 but seems too new given that less than 150 surgeries are done in the last few years.
I know A mom mentioned to get an MRI, which I believe is normally recommended just before the surgery and was wondering if it would be any more detail than x-ray in my situation given that it is classic AIS curve and not atypical left thoracic or do not have any other neurological symptoms.
Also, I wanted to get an opinion from experts here on potential link between Orthodontia and its effect on curve progression. My daughter wears ortho braces and if somebody says there is remote negative correlation between the 2, I do not mind removing her teeth brace, See the link below
http://www.massagetoday.com/mpacms/m...e.php?id=13356
I know some of you may not agree on Craniosacral therapy etc but you never know since docs seem to be so specialized these days that I feel like they might miss these remote connections.
Again, thank you all for your valuable feedback and timely responses. If I missed providing any specifics that would help you to answer clearly, please let me know as it is possible I might missed answering something.
Image1.jpg
Image8.jpg
-Sam
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