Originally posted by MATJESNIC
Thanks for all your good thoughts. The orthopedic surgeon we see in Greece is in favor of the spinecor and collaborates with the orthotist. Although his first reaction was to prescribe the Boston probably because of her advanced curves, he later said that both have the same chances of success or failure. And he added that the hard ones fail mostly because of the kids discomfort and ending up not wearing it sufficient hours. (It is also the financial matter as with all of us, Boston is cheaper than Spinecor,and most people here in Cyprus do not have medical insurance that would cover that.)
As far as exercises, both the orthotist and physiotherapist instructed us originally to do the spinecor exercises out of the brace and everything else, ballet, PE, basketball, etc in the brace. The surgeon insisted that ALL exercises should be in brace. Like I said, this surgeon is in favor of the spinecor and believes in its philosophy about movement. I think Anastasia prefers to do them in brace anyway so maybe she won't react so much now.
These next 3 months will be so critical for her. She is in good spirits which is so important but I will be on top of her like never before.... I will be watching that shoulder blade and the thorax like a hawk.....
We also have an appointment with doctors from a Shrinners hospital who visit Cyprus every April. For a second opinion, hopefully not a confusing one.
As far as us visiting the US this summer most probably we will be in California but I will send you a private message on that.
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