Thanks for the info on stapling. My daughter is done with Spinecor, not because she finished the time but because she is 17 and tired of dealing with scoliosis treatments. She occasionally wears her brace at night but has quit the physical therapy. Her back has been stable at about 44/44 for a year or so, we have another x-ray in Feb. and we'll see if its gone up. She has no pain so far and with the balanced curves she should be ok if they don't increase.
We decided the constant fighting about wearing the brace and doing the therapy was too much stress in addition to the normal teenage stuff. At some point you have to count the emotional cost and decide if its worth it. She didn't get the Spinecor until she was 15 so I don't know how much correction we would have gotten. Initially it took the curves down 10 degrees, so it would have been great to have that correction permanently. I dearly wish we had found Spinecor when she was first diagnosed at age 12, I think it would have been very successful. Good luck to all of you with younger children.
We decided the constant fighting about wearing the brace and doing the therapy was too much stress in addition to the normal teenage stuff. At some point you have to count the emotional cost and decide if its worth it. She didn't get the Spinecor until she was 15 so I don't know how much correction we would have gotten. Initially it took the curves down 10 degrees, so it would have been great to have that correction permanently. I dearly wish we had found Spinecor when she was first diagnosed at age 12, I think it would have been very successful. Good luck to all of you with younger children.
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