Hello All,
Well let's see I'm new here on this site, thought it may be beneficial for Scoliosis related talk. I live in Louisiana. I have an 11 year old daughter who thankfully shows no signs of this twisted spine like I have.
My short story of scoliosis. At 11 years old, I was diagnosed with this during PE at my middle school. I was treated by an orthopedic Dr. With the Boston Brace. I hated that brace as I'm sure others did too. Anyway, I had a great team of Drs on my case and got to go to the children's hospital of New Orleans to see Dr. King who from what I hear is the best in the state. Fast forward to today, I'm 42 and am feeling more pain that's different from the muscular scoliosis pain that I have always known. Now the pain I believe is coming from my awful lumbar curve which has started showing degenerative changes in the last year according to my Dr.
My scoliosis is atypical, meaning my curves are not like most. I have a left thoracic curve at 30 degrees and Right lumbar at 42. My Ortho Dr. Did say that my curve has not changed much at all in the last 15 years so it stable.
I have always had it in my heart that surgery wasn't an option, but I'm not so sure now and what and if this pain will break me from my strong mindedness about it.
I am seein a therapist next week to learn about Schroth and to see if it can relieve my chronic low back pain. I'm also Happy to gain knowledge on who to see for my spine. Dr. king only treats kids and I'm afraid I'm too old now but care about my health very much and would drive 10 hours to Dallas or Oklahoma to see someone who is considered great.
I appreciate all the info I hope to learn as I'm facing this again after living many years with it on the back burner. I've always tried to stay strong about this and be positive but sometimes it gets the best of me, ya know?
Thank you
My Spine....May 2014 Scoliosis (2).jpg
30 left thoracic, 42 right lumbar
Well let's see I'm new here on this site, thought it may be beneficial for Scoliosis related talk. I live in Louisiana. I have an 11 year old daughter who thankfully shows no signs of this twisted spine like I have.
My short story of scoliosis. At 11 years old, I was diagnosed with this during PE at my middle school. I was treated by an orthopedic Dr. With the Boston Brace. I hated that brace as I'm sure others did too. Anyway, I had a great team of Drs on my case and got to go to the children's hospital of New Orleans to see Dr. King who from what I hear is the best in the state. Fast forward to today, I'm 42 and am feeling more pain that's different from the muscular scoliosis pain that I have always known. Now the pain I believe is coming from my awful lumbar curve which has started showing degenerative changes in the last year according to my Dr.
My scoliosis is atypical, meaning my curves are not like most. I have a left thoracic curve at 30 degrees and Right lumbar at 42. My Ortho Dr. Did say that my curve has not changed much at all in the last 15 years so it stable.
I have always had it in my heart that surgery wasn't an option, but I'm not so sure now and what and if this pain will break me from my strong mindedness about it.
I am seein a therapist next week to learn about Schroth and to see if it can relieve my chronic low back pain. I'm also Happy to gain knowledge on who to see for my spine. Dr. king only treats kids and I'm afraid I'm too old now but care about my health very much and would drive 10 hours to Dallas or Oklahoma to see someone who is considered great.
I appreciate all the info I hope to learn as I'm facing this again after living many years with it on the back burner. I've always tried to stay strong about this and be positive but sometimes it gets the best of me, ya know?
Thank you
My Spine....May 2014 Scoliosis (2).jpg
30 left thoracic, 42 right lumbar
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