Joe went for his 6 month check up today. Over the past 6-12 months he has experienced greater difficulty in remaining comfortably seated for longer time periods. His performance on the PSAT was uncharacteristically scattered and when I met with school, it became evident that remaining seated for that lenght of time (3 hours with few breaks) was a factor.
Long story, short . . . Scoliosis curve (which had been stable for about 3 years at 26 degrees) had progressed in past 6 months to 35 degrees.
Kyphosis curve (Which had been progressing at 5 degrees every six months for the past 18 months) showed no change this time.
School has a 504 plan in place now which will allow him adaptations during lenthy seating periods (SAT/ACT testing next year).
He will be fit with a brace now and will see a PT for an exercise program to try to help postural issues during sitting and they will also look at sitting issues.
A ??? I have is . . .Can kyphosis curves and scoliosis curves progress simultaneously . . . can two different planes torque simultaneously or will they simply take turns.
Another ??? I have is . . . Risser Signs indicate that his growth is almost complete BUT he started really late and this is really the first/only growth spurt we have seen and his feet are continuing to grow 1/2 to 1 size each six months so doctor wasn't totally convinced the Risser signs were going to be absolute indicators for him. Any thoughts out there about growth patterns - we were told earlier that once his feet stop growing he has about 2 more years of growth to go and that doesn't really correlate to what is being seen with Risser signs.
If his scoli curves progress to high 40's doctor says surgery is in order.
Thanks in advance for any/all input here.
Joe's Mom
Long story, short . . . Scoliosis curve (which had been stable for about 3 years at 26 degrees) had progressed in past 6 months to 35 degrees.
Kyphosis curve (Which had been progressing at 5 degrees every six months for the past 18 months) showed no change this time.
School has a 504 plan in place now which will allow him adaptations during lenthy seating periods (SAT/ACT testing next year).
He will be fit with a brace now and will see a PT for an exercise program to try to help postural issues during sitting and they will also look at sitting issues.
A ??? I have is . . .Can kyphosis curves and scoliosis curves progress simultaneously . . . can two different planes torque simultaneously or will they simply take turns.
Another ??? I have is . . . Risser Signs indicate that his growth is almost complete BUT he started really late and this is really the first/only growth spurt we have seen and his feet are continuing to grow 1/2 to 1 size each six months so doctor wasn't totally convinced the Risser signs were going to be absolute indicators for him. Any thoughts out there about growth patterns - we were told earlier that once his feet stop growing he has about 2 more years of growth to go and that doesn't really correlate to what is being seen with Risser signs.
If his scoli curves progress to high 40's doctor says surgery is in order.
Thanks in advance for any/all input here.
Joe's Mom
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