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Old 01-27-2021, 11:59 AM
 
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Just thinking about this as I do know 3 close people in my life who live with scoliosis and had they been treated very young could this condition have been reduced. Maybe, good to think about though. I know there are chiros who specialize in baby care.


https://www.childrens.com/health-wel...ur-kid-a-curve


That trip coming into life can sure do some damage.

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Old 01-27-2021, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Berwick, Penna.
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Let me begin by saying that I was diagnosed as a severe dorsal scoliotic (by the same orthopedist who treated my brother's two clubbed feet) at the age of ten, in the fall of 1959; treatments were a lot less individualized and sophisticated at the time.

My parents wasted one visit to a chiropractor -- then turned things over to someone who took things seriously.

Three days after Christmas, I went into a full body cast -- head to knees, into which I was confined for eight weeks; ten days later came seven hours of surgery to fuse six vertebrae; but it was easier from there on.

The original cast was replaced with something along the lines of a sleeveless undershirt (still made of plaster; I wore it for another three months -- then a year in a canvas brace).

But I'm still alive, walking, and talking back at age 71 -- and no one refers to me as Quasimodo.

I'm told that most of the "heavy" treatments for scoliosis have since been scaled back -- the legs, for example, are seldom immobilized, as mine were.

But make no mistake -- we're dealing with some very serious consequences if nothing is done.

Seventeen years after the main event, the man who saved most of the better things in life for me passed on; His name was Leonard F Bush -- I pass his portrait in the hospital lobby almost every time I visit, and I always pay tribute.

www.newspapers.com/clip/35849158/bush-obit-p-1/

To anyone dealing with this issue, my wishes for a fast, safe and effective recovery -- but don't be tempted into cutting too many corners.

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Old 01-27-2021, 01:03 PM
 
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Let me begin by saying that I was diagnosed as a severe dorsal scoliotic (by the same orthopedist who treated my brother's two clubbed feet) at the age of ten, in the fall of 1959; treatments were a lot less individualized and sophisticated at the time.

My parents wasted one visit to a chiropractor -- then turned things over to someone who took things seriously.

Three days after Christmas, I went into a full body cast -- head to knees, into which I was confined for eight weeks; ten days later came seven hours of surgery to fuse six vertebrae; but it was easier from there on.

The original cast was replaced with something along the lines of a sleeveless undershirt (still made of plaster; I wore it for another three months -- then a year in a canvas brace).

But I'm still alive, walking, and talking back at age 71 -- and no one refers to me as Quasimodo.

I'm told that most of the "heavy" treatments for scoliosis have since been scaled back -- the legs, for example, are seldom immobilized, as mine were.

But make no mistake -- we're dealing with some very serious consequences if nothing is done.

Fifteen years after the main event, the man who saved most of the better things in life for me passed on; His name was Leonard F Bush -- I pass his portrait in the hospital lobby almost every time I visit, and I always pay tribute.

www.newspapers.com/clip/35849158/bush-obit-p-1/

To anyone dealing with this, my wishes for safe and effective recovery -- but don't be tempted into cutting too many corners.

I'm glad it all worked out for you with body cast, etc.


And then there are chiros and then those that specialize.
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Old 01-27-2021, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Greater NYC
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Chiropractors do NOT/should not treat children for scoliosis. Pediatric orthopedists do; just as Children's mentions here.
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Old 01-27-2021, 03:12 PM
 
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Chiropractors do NOT/should not treat children for scoliosis. Pediatric orthopedists do; just as Children's mentions here.

https://idealspine.com/safe-for-chil...for-scoliosis/
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Old 01-27-2021, 04:33 PM
 
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That is from a chiropractor. Of course they will try to get children to come. I would feel much safer taking a child to a DO who performs osteopathic manipulation than to a chiropractor.
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Old 01-27-2021, 04:42 PM
 
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I did the brace for 10 years as a kid. Whet thought all kinds of mental damage. I am amazed I am not in a metal institution with the cruelty given out.

Was told it would never progress if I did the brace.

LIES. I am 50 now and it definitely progressed. But there is nothing they can do.

I did see a study of people who had scoliosis before the surgery was a thing. Most had no pain even with very had curves.
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Old 01-27-2021, 05:49 PM
 
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I did the brace for 10 years as a kid. Whet thought all kinds of mental damage. I am amazed I am not in a metal institution with the cruelty given out.

Was told it would never progress if I did the brace.

LIES. I am 50 now and it definitely progressed. But there is nothing they can do.

I did see a study of people who had scoliosis before the surgery was a thing. Most had no pain even with very had curves.
Aww....I am sorry.

I had it, too but I doubt anyone in my podunk hometown even KNEW how to treat it.
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Old 01-27-2021, 07:47 PM
 
Location: Central IL
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Just thinking about this as I do know 3 close people in my life who live with scoliosis and had they been treated very young could this condition have been reduced. Maybe, good to think about though. I know there are chiros who specialize in baby care.


https://www.childrens.com/health-wel...ur-kid-a-curve


That trip coming into life can sure do some damage.
Sorry, I would never have some chiro jacking around on my baby. Any pediatrician can diagnose scoliosis IF it is severe enough to merit attention. No one's spine is perfectly "straight" and only if it off by a fairly significant degree will it require attention.
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Old 01-27-2021, 07:50 PM
 
Location: Central IL
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I did the brace for 10 years as a kid. Whet thought all kinds of mental damage. I am amazed I am not in a metal institution with the cruelty given out.

Was told it would never progress if I did the brace.

LIES. I am 50 now and it definitely progressed. But there is nothing they can do.

I did see a study of people who had scoliosis before the surgery was a thing. Most had no pain even with very had curves.
So what's the answer? What is the alternative? You were never told to do anything to help strengthen your back as it was straightened?

We had a girl in my school who wore a brace for years...she was actually one of the most popular in her class - no mental damage at all from wearing a brace...
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