Originally posted by LindaRacine
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I have posted many studies on this forum showing that most of the people who have worn braces successfully don't progress past the initially diagnosed curve size. Over the years, they do revert back to the original curve size but they usually do not progress beyond it.
The studies also show that most people under 40-50 degrees do not continue to progress when they are adults. And most of these surgeons state that fact, and you certainly all believe what the surgeons state! Why not believe them in this?
I think it's a shame that you have these preformed opinions about bracing in your mind when you think you might be working on bracing studies. Perhaps you should exclude yourself from these pediatric bracing studies. It's called bias.
This forum really just needs to be true to itself and state that it is a surgical forum for scoliosis. Obviously in your minds bracing doesn't work and never will and everyone else should just move along.
Might I suggest http://www.scoliosis-support.org for parents bracing their kids and spinekids for kids being braced http://www.spinekids.com.
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