good question and indeed one always need to keep an open mind about these things.
a few pointers
* not all of us use dr rivard (too far when you live in the UK) (saying that, the orthotist attached to the orthopaedic surgeon my daughter sees happens to be the manufacturer of the brace, so he got personal interests)
* not all of us have universally excellent results, so if you are going to falsify, why not falsify all (conspiracy theorist; they do that deliberately to distract from their true devious nature)
* they are "proper" spinal doctors and have to much to loose if they are "found out" (but george bush was meaned to be a "proper" politician with much too loose if he would get things wrong or deliberately give incorrect information, see what happened there)
* most of us will actually have seen the actual before and after x-rays and "witnessed" the improvement (conspiracy theorist; yeah, and we all witnessed the apollo moon landing, whilst clearly this was all set up in a hangar in the nevada desert)
* we all have looked at our children, seen that they looked straighter, felt more comfortable...(ok,just wishful thinking)
So, yes on reflection, I think that all the other doctors are very sensible to continue to use their "savebet choice" of a hardbrace which we know often doesn't work and makes life hell for the children who have to wear them waiting for their inevitable surgery.
Still, good question (mean it, considered this myself early on)
a few pointers
* not all of us use dr rivard (too far when you live in the UK) (saying that, the orthotist attached to the orthopaedic surgeon my daughter sees happens to be the manufacturer of the brace, so he got personal interests)
* not all of us have universally excellent results, so if you are going to falsify, why not falsify all (conspiracy theorist; they do that deliberately to distract from their true devious nature)
* they are "proper" spinal doctors and have to much to loose if they are "found out" (but george bush was meaned to be a "proper" politician with much too loose if he would get things wrong or deliberately give incorrect information, see what happened there)
* most of us will actually have seen the actual before and after x-rays and "witnessed" the improvement (conspiracy theorist; yeah, and we all witnessed the apollo moon landing, whilst clearly this was all set up in a hangar in the nevada desert)
* we all have looked at our children, seen that they looked straighter, felt more comfortable...(ok,just wishful thinking)
So, yes on reflection, I think that all the other doctors are very sensible to continue to use their "savebet choice" of a hardbrace which we know often doesn't work and makes life hell for the children who have to wear them waiting for their inevitable surgery.
Still, good question (mean it, considered this myself early on)
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