Cross posted in the other forum:
Hi, i am a 22 year old female. i've seen 3 orthopedic surgeons to confirm that my lateral curvatures are about 16 & 19 degrees (YAY! never had back surgery!) but I'm sad (and frustrated) about my back hump b/c of the rotation of my rib cage. it's really not noticeable but I get so terrified when people hug me, or when any of my friends/family members/boyfriend touch my back. All the specialists say my scoliosis isn't getting worse but to me, I always thought scoliosis included not just the lateral curvatures but also the ventral and dorsal curvatures (i.e rib & back humps) and it frustrates me like no other that all 3 (in various locations) tell me my scoliosis is fine, it's only 18*--but MY BACK HUMP BOTHERS ME! My rib hump doesn't really bother me but it is my back hump. i don't know if it's b/c I've gotten to be more self conscientious or if my back got worse but now I refuse to wear a tanktop w/ a bra in public unless I have a jacket on, or my hair covers the straps b/c who knows when out of the blue someone sees why the left strap is diagonally downward pointing towards the right and the right strap is a bit shorter (b/c of the volume taken up by the hump). I've always felt sexier when i was able to reveal the spaghetti straps on the tanktops and this sucks ass (the only soln i found was to wear strapless bras w/ tanktops). But yeah, nobody notices--in fact, I usually like to model (for fun, nothing professional) and ppl are all jealous of my body (I'm really skinny) but i get so scared when ppl touch me or see me from the side b/c then i feel like they've discovered the deformed monster in me
so my question is this--would thoracoplasty help me? I've read that ribs will grow back to the way they are naturally, but I've also read that if one does not have back surgery, then when the ribs grow back, they will go back to the way it naturally was (curved). Guys I'm so depressed about this (and I'm in the prime time of my life!!!).
Everything on my right side is so tight. Last night was sad too--I was in front of the bathroom mirror and i tilted my head back and i noticed that one side of my neck was slightly longer than the other and it was a bit crooked to the right. Now, nobody notices this as long as I do not tilt my head back while standing up--hell, I didn't even notice this until 22 (almost 23) yrs into my life. are there any exercises to undo some of this???
Finally, for someone like me with very minor lateral curves, would back surgery help me gain any height?? I'm really short (not even 5 feet) and the orthoped said I lost 2 inches due to my scoliosis (is this true with a 16* 19 degree curvature???) i know back surgery can undo curves but 1) usually ppl who get such surgeries end up w/ curvatures still greater than mine right now (so minor benefit for me??) 2) their spine becomes fused so they lose space between the vertebra (so loss in height) but I guess b/c their curvatures were so big that the height gain they got from the curve corrections were bigger than the loss in height from fusion. Is this correct?
I'm so depressed and stressed out. I've been getting so many tension headaches lately as a result of my self-image
sure lateral curves do not change much after growth stops but i don;t think this applies to back humps, right???
again, you can't really tell but god, my left side is so beautiful w/ all the natural womanly sexy curves and the right side is just plain, very little (if any) womanly sexy curves left
please offer me some suggestions on what my options are.
PS--I'm going to see a specialist in January (he used to be the president of the National Scoliosis Reserach Foundation) to get my back hump measured--has anyone done this? is it worth it?
Hi, i am a 22 year old female. i've seen 3 orthopedic surgeons to confirm that my lateral curvatures are about 16 & 19 degrees (YAY! never had back surgery!) but I'm sad (and frustrated) about my back hump b/c of the rotation of my rib cage. it's really not noticeable but I get so terrified when people hug me, or when any of my friends/family members/boyfriend touch my back. All the specialists say my scoliosis isn't getting worse but to me, I always thought scoliosis included not just the lateral curvatures but also the ventral and dorsal curvatures (i.e rib & back humps) and it frustrates me like no other that all 3 (in various locations) tell me my scoliosis is fine, it's only 18*--but MY BACK HUMP BOTHERS ME! My rib hump doesn't really bother me but it is my back hump. i don't know if it's b/c I've gotten to be more self conscientious or if my back got worse but now I refuse to wear a tanktop w/ a bra in public unless I have a jacket on, or my hair covers the straps b/c who knows when out of the blue someone sees why the left strap is diagonally downward pointing towards the right and the right strap is a bit shorter (b/c of the volume taken up by the hump). I've always felt sexier when i was able to reveal the spaghetti straps on the tanktops and this sucks ass (the only soln i found was to wear strapless bras w/ tanktops). But yeah, nobody notices--in fact, I usually like to model (for fun, nothing professional) and ppl are all jealous of my body (I'm really skinny) but i get so scared when ppl touch me or see me from the side b/c then i feel like they've discovered the deformed monster in me
so my question is this--would thoracoplasty help me? I've read that ribs will grow back to the way they are naturally, but I've also read that if one does not have back surgery, then when the ribs grow back, they will go back to the way it naturally was (curved). Guys I'm so depressed about this (and I'm in the prime time of my life!!!).
Everything on my right side is so tight. Last night was sad too--I was in front of the bathroom mirror and i tilted my head back and i noticed that one side of my neck was slightly longer than the other and it was a bit crooked to the right. Now, nobody notices this as long as I do not tilt my head back while standing up--hell, I didn't even notice this until 22 (almost 23) yrs into my life. are there any exercises to undo some of this???
Finally, for someone like me with very minor lateral curves, would back surgery help me gain any height?? I'm really short (not even 5 feet) and the orthoped said I lost 2 inches due to my scoliosis (is this true with a 16* 19 degree curvature???) i know back surgery can undo curves but 1) usually ppl who get such surgeries end up w/ curvatures still greater than mine right now (so minor benefit for me??) 2) their spine becomes fused so they lose space between the vertebra (so loss in height) but I guess b/c their curvatures were so big that the height gain they got from the curve corrections were bigger than the loss in height from fusion. Is this correct?
I'm so depressed and stressed out. I've been getting so many tension headaches lately as a result of my self-image
sure lateral curves do not change much after growth stops but i don;t think this applies to back humps, right???
again, you can't really tell but god, my left side is so beautiful w/ all the natural womanly sexy curves and the right side is just plain, very little (if any) womanly sexy curves left
please offer me some suggestions on what my options are.
PS--I'm going to see a specialist in January (he used to be the president of the National Scoliosis Reserach Foundation) to get my back hump measured--has anyone done this? is it worth it?
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