The Cheneau is a brace that is popular in Europe. It is similar to the Boston, but different enough to help curves that are often not helped by the Boston. It is a custom TLSO with pressure achieved by indentations in the brace at the level of the curves. There are negative pressure areas to allow for curve movement in the desired direction. It also corrects rotation. It is useful for small and large degree curves.
Luke Stikeleather is a master orthotist and in some cases achieves permanent correction even of large curves. He says he wishes he had gotten his hands on Rachel a couple of years ago. At this point, I do too. He said that when her curve was 17 degrees at 7 years of age, he would have braced her. Our ortho refused. This is an amazing brace. I'll bet it would have worked. I also think the Spinecor would have corrected her then. Her curve was very gentle, i.e. not sharp, then.
Ann, one of his staff, told me that she brought her 12 year old to him with a 45 degree curve that he permanently corrected to the low to mid 30's by the age of 15. Every shred of hope helps.
Last edited by cherylplinder; 01-15-2008 at 05:38 PM.
God has used scoliosis to strengthen and mold us. He's good all the time!On this forum these larger curves have not held forever in Spinecor,with an initial positive response followed by deterioration. With deterioration, change treatment.The first year she gained 4 or 5 inches and was stable at around 20/20 in brace, followed by rapid progression the next year.She is now 51/40 (Jan2008)out of brace (40/30 in Spinecor) and started at 38/27 out of brace(Jan2006.) Now in Cheneau.