My daughter is in a professional ballet training program at the International School of Ballet. She studies 4-5 hours per day, 6-7 days per week. She is 14 almost 15, tall (5-9"), and has a 41 degree curve in her lower spine. Surgery was recommeded to us at her last doctor appointment. She cannot stop her training now and have surgery without giving up the dream of ever dancing professionally in a ballet company. She has no pain, but her back is unusually flexible and strong due to her dance training. We are in shock and seeking more opinions, but she told me she would rather be crippled in later years than to stop her training now. Is that our choice?
Should we risk the curve increasing...it went from 35 degrees to 41 in six months, during which time she grew 1 inch. Should we consider a brace, and if so how can she wear it enough, with all her dancing, to make a difference? Is there an older professional ballet dancer out there with that degree of curve(or more) in her lower spine who continued her training and dancing through her 20:s? If so, what do you advise?
Should we risk the curve increasing...it went from 35 degrees to 41 in six months, during which time she grew 1 inch. Should we consider a brace, and if so how can she wear it enough, with all her dancing, to make a difference? Is there an older professional ballet dancer out there with that degree of curve(or more) in her lower spine who continued her training and dancing through her 20:s? If so, what do you advise?
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