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I would like to hear from you concerning your x-rays. Does your ortho require you to remove your brace for a certain amount of time prior to your x-rays?
For me, I had an x-ray at every appointment with my orthopedist, with my brace on (I wore it 23 hrs/day).
When I began taking it off more and more to finally be finished with it, then my doctor would have me take it off for x hours beforehand and if the x-ray was good, I could leave it off for x hours a day from then on, etc with more hours off before for the next appointment.
Thank you so much for responding to me. My son's doctor x-rays him with his brace off; however, I took him for a second opinion sometime back and that doctor x-rays with the brace on. He also stated that he would like for him to come back in three months with him brace off 24 hours prior to his appointment. I just wondered what other doctors required.
My daughter's doctor x-rays her in the brace. I asked her to x-ray her without the brace and she basically said no. She said we will x-ray out of the brace at the next appointment, but she didn't give us any instructions like some of you have received.
At the shriners' hospital in st. louis, i have been xrayed with my brace on and I believe I have also had it off.
~~Rebecca, 15 years old, 10th grade~~ I was braced for 2 years and 4 months
I went through 3 Boston Braces
Original curve~34*
Curve in 1st Brace~9*
Curve in 2nd Brace~14*
Curve in 3rd Brace~27*
Curve after bracing~34*
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