I moved this response to a new thread to avoid the hijack that I started. (Also, for some reason the copy/paste didn't grab my quotes.)
No I can't see anything amiss there. No curve, no asymmetry. That's amazing.
Actually, I think there is just as much chance Willow's curve will hold without the brace given there was no measurable change for several months before the brace. So she went into the brace from at least a quasi-stable situation w.r.t. the curve progression. Of course we will never know what, if anything, the brace did because she can't be both the control and the subject! Her twin is out as a control.
Yes but needing surgery as an adult for curve progression or pain is really academic... it still translates into surgery as an adult. A miss is as good as a mile as they say. Even if she doesn't progress much past the mid 30s, she may have pain that requires surgical intervention. Or she could have pain in other parts of her spine.
LOL.
But are there really a lot of people who go through life with curves like that without pain eventually?
Yes I know that she is not a surgical candidate at that curvature. I wish I knew if there were lots of folks with that curve who made it through life without pain or progression.
No, that was a help because it was another perspective. I feel like Willow's situation is trying to keep several plates spinning at once. So many things to consider with so little longitudinal data. Our hands are tied in many ways and that's not bad. Maybe it is the case that the vast majority of folks who make it into adulthood with a mid 30s* curve never progress and never have pain. That would be good to know. But if that isn't the case, then I still come back to the issue of whether bracing is a good idea or not if it only delays surgery into adulthood.
Thanks,
sharon
Originally posted by txmarinemom
Originally posted by txmarinemom
Originally posted by txmarinemom
Originally posted by txmarinemom
Originally posted by txmarinemom
Originally posted by txmarinemom
Originally posted by txmarinemom
Thanks,
sharon
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