Originally posted by Pooka1
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Instead, what we have is some pretty foggy notions about the ultimate cause and exactly zero proven methods for restoring a "normal" spine. Instead, what medicine has to offer is a method of permanently deforming the spine in order to make it straight. (And my apologies for the terminology - as a non-scoliosis patient, I know that "normal" and "deformed" are pretty loaded term for me to use, but I don't know how else to clearly express the idea. Know that I am referring to the shape of the spine and not the person.). I'm not knocking medicine - I know that it's doing its best - and I have a son who is more likely then not to have the surgery. But, still, the medical approach to scoliosis is not our shining moment in the sun. It is more akin to stomach stapling for obesity then to setting a broken arm. It's a strong arm method to wrestle the curve out of a spine, and the strong-arming shows.
Given the state of science in this field, it's hard to see how any treatment method, including surgery, can be "in." They're all just varying degrees of "out" and we, patients and family, are searching for "in."
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