Hi:
last August my daughter was first diagnosed with a 30 degree lumbar curve. 2 braces and 8 months later her lumbar is around 50, and she has a thoracic of around 50 plus another curve near her neck. The dr. started talking about surgery 2 months ago and said we shouldn't wait more than 2-3 months. So the surgery is scheduled for end of july and I'm feeling very rushed and a little paniced. For one--if you look at my daughter, you can't tell that anything is wrong. her posture even looks good. She has no back pain. I know they say history shows it'll get worse--it's just so hard to put her through the risk, when she looks and feels fine.
Also I made things more confusing by taking her to an osteopath. She passionately believes that she can reduce my daughter's curve. She uses this vibration therapy that she says untethers the muscles that are causing the spine to curve. She really believes that she can help--which makes me wonder if we should give it a try. On the other hand, is the Dr. who is saying that delaying the surgery can cause her back to get worse--so the correction wouldn't be as great and the surgery could be more difficult.
Has anyone here tried an osteopath before surgery? heard anything about that vibration therapy?
Julie
last August my daughter was first diagnosed with a 30 degree lumbar curve. 2 braces and 8 months later her lumbar is around 50, and she has a thoracic of around 50 plus another curve near her neck. The dr. started talking about surgery 2 months ago and said we shouldn't wait more than 2-3 months. So the surgery is scheduled for end of july and I'm feeling very rushed and a little paniced. For one--if you look at my daughter, you can't tell that anything is wrong. her posture even looks good. She has no back pain. I know they say history shows it'll get worse--it's just so hard to put her through the risk, when she looks and feels fine.
Also I made things more confusing by taking her to an osteopath. She passionately believes that she can reduce my daughter's curve. She uses this vibration therapy that she says untethers the muscles that are causing the spine to curve. She really believes that she can help--which makes me wonder if we should give it a try. On the other hand, is the Dr. who is saying that delaying the surgery can cause her back to get worse--so the correction wouldn't be as great and the surgery could be more difficult.
Has anyone here tried an osteopath before surgery? heard anything about that vibration therapy?
Julie
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