I talked several times about this old technique.
http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TESIS_UB...TESISILVIA.pdf
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15144900
It’s a simple idea, stretch the spine and keep that stretching, as surgery does, but with a brace. I know it is used again in some countries only with a non surgical purpose.
I think that in fact a necessary condition for reduce degrees and probably for avoid progression too, is to given the discs the chance to regain some of her lost height in the concave side (always talking about great curves, so near or after skeletal maturity).
I think that EDF give this chance. I think that discs are the reason because sometimes braces work during growth, and sometimes not. If the external force leads the spine to growth more straight, the decompression is reached, so the discs could be saved. But not always this occurs, and maybe it would not be enough , I don’t know.
Probably a rigid braces lead muscles to some kind of atrophy and even with health discs, the spine begin to collapse again when the brace is removed. This could be the reason because EDF was not effective 100%.
So I thought in a dynamic brace http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10276
But it seems to be absolutely impossible for me to find someone in the world telling me if Spinecor could keep the spine straight as EDF technique requires.
So I think now in some semi rigid brace. I think a great flexibility should be required to keep the spine straight if a brace do not do all the work, but I think my daughter is enough flexible. In those days it seems that only Cotrel machine could be used to reach flexibility, but now so many therapies exists.
It would be also possible to combine EDF with exercise that requires the muscles to fight against the gravity force to keep the spine straight, when some weight is put in the shoulders and a walk is performed with the spine straight (some therapy as Clear do the same?). I think that in this way muscles not only would not be suffering atrophy, but can do an exercise demanding so much the muscles that hold the vertical.
I realized time ago that an amazing force is developed doing some activity, but only for that activity, when I practiced Jiu jitsu and I had to fight with an Olympic weightlifter. I was really afraid, looking her amazing torso, arms, back, but in the floor he had not much force, even I beated him. So I can not imagine other exercise more specific to strength those specific muscles. I think that as jiu jitsu people has an amazing force to fight, weightlifters to lifting weights, swimmers to swim.. people doing these exercise should has an amazing force to keep her back straight.
I think that EDF also lead the neuromuscular (and balance?) system to ‘see’ that new posture as the correct, the ligaments to regain her functionality because the great tension is stopped, the muscles to works in the right way with the right length in both sides, the rib cage to adapt a new shape before the definitive ossification of the sternum, (internal organs adapted to the right position?).. all that I supposed occurs after surgery.
I’m sure if we used to walk across the ceiling upside down all the day, instead of walking across the floor, scoliosis would be reversed, at least it could not evolve.
I think EDF is as close to that. If in fact some degrees could be reduced, the scoliosis vicious circle would be transformed in a virtuous circle.
Someone knows about a reason why it could not work? We could be sure about some kind of irreversible damage as a terrific vertebral wedge (I suppose it not exists)? Muscles or ligaments could not be restored any more?
I don’t know how much time need discs to reaches a significant regeneration. That could be a reason if so many years are necessary, or if it is impossible. Who could know that? Rheumatoid or osteology doctors? It could be seen in some kind of study?
I know ABR people thinks that without improving pressure and volume of internal organs, nothing could works, the pneumatic skeleton remains collapsed for ever and the spine too. I don’t know if it could be good for organs, fascias.. and the pneumatic skeleton could improve in some way too.. surely they don’t think that..
I think regeneration discs could be helped with some alternative procedure that probably can works while the great pressure in the concave side, leading to degeneration is stopped (otherwise I don’t imagine how could it be done).
The most important of all for me is to know about risks. Could be progression triggered because EDF when the brace is removed? May be that a worse state in some sense would be reached for using a brace in that way? Muscles or ligaments could be weaker?
I know that probably nobody in the world could be sure about all those questions, but I’ll really appreciate all opinions.
http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TESIS_UB...TESISILVIA.pdf
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15144900
It’s a simple idea, stretch the spine and keep that stretching, as surgery does, but with a brace. I know it is used again in some countries only with a non surgical purpose.
I think that in fact a necessary condition for reduce degrees and probably for avoid progression too, is to given the discs the chance to regain some of her lost height in the concave side (always talking about great curves, so near or after skeletal maturity).
I think that EDF give this chance. I think that discs are the reason because sometimes braces work during growth, and sometimes not. If the external force leads the spine to growth more straight, the decompression is reached, so the discs could be saved. But not always this occurs, and maybe it would not be enough , I don’t know.
Probably a rigid braces lead muscles to some kind of atrophy and even with health discs, the spine begin to collapse again when the brace is removed. This could be the reason because EDF was not effective 100%.
So I thought in a dynamic brace http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10276
But it seems to be absolutely impossible for me to find someone in the world telling me if Spinecor could keep the spine straight as EDF technique requires.
So I think now in some semi rigid brace. I think a great flexibility should be required to keep the spine straight if a brace do not do all the work, but I think my daughter is enough flexible. In those days it seems that only Cotrel machine could be used to reach flexibility, but now so many therapies exists.
It would be also possible to combine EDF with exercise that requires the muscles to fight against the gravity force to keep the spine straight, when some weight is put in the shoulders and a walk is performed with the spine straight (some therapy as Clear do the same?). I think that in this way muscles not only would not be suffering atrophy, but can do an exercise demanding so much the muscles that hold the vertical.
I realized time ago that an amazing force is developed doing some activity, but only for that activity, when I practiced Jiu jitsu and I had to fight with an Olympic weightlifter. I was really afraid, looking her amazing torso, arms, back, but in the floor he had not much force, even I beated him. So I can not imagine other exercise more specific to strength those specific muscles. I think that as jiu jitsu people has an amazing force to fight, weightlifters to lifting weights, swimmers to swim.. people doing these exercise should has an amazing force to keep her back straight.
I think that EDF also lead the neuromuscular (and balance?) system to ‘see’ that new posture as the correct, the ligaments to regain her functionality because the great tension is stopped, the muscles to works in the right way with the right length in both sides, the rib cage to adapt a new shape before the definitive ossification of the sternum, (internal organs adapted to the right position?).. all that I supposed occurs after surgery.
I’m sure if we used to walk across the ceiling upside down all the day, instead of walking across the floor, scoliosis would be reversed, at least it could not evolve.
I think EDF is as close to that. If in fact some degrees could be reduced, the scoliosis vicious circle would be transformed in a virtuous circle.
Someone knows about a reason why it could not work? We could be sure about some kind of irreversible damage as a terrific vertebral wedge (I suppose it not exists)? Muscles or ligaments could not be restored any more?
I don’t know how much time need discs to reaches a significant regeneration. That could be a reason if so many years are necessary, or if it is impossible. Who could know that? Rheumatoid or osteology doctors? It could be seen in some kind of study?
I know ABR people thinks that without improving pressure and volume of internal organs, nothing could works, the pneumatic skeleton remains collapsed for ever and the spine too. I don’t know if it could be good for organs, fascias.. and the pneumatic skeleton could improve in some way too.. surely they don’t think that..
I think regeneration discs could be helped with some alternative procedure that probably can works while the great pressure in the concave side, leading to degeneration is stopped (otherwise I don’t imagine how could it be done).
The most important of all for me is to know about risks. Could be progression triggered because EDF when the brace is removed? May be that a worse state in some sense would be reached for using a brace in that way? Muscles or ligaments could be weaker?
I know that probably nobody in the world could be sure about all those questions, but I’ll really appreciate all opinions.
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