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Now this is REALLY interesting......Even the experts don't agree if scoliosis brace treatment has significant value for the scoliosis patient and end up saying one thing, but ultimately doing another (see attached study)
We need a better way. One that reconizes idiopathic scoliosis is a primarily neurological dysfunction in the Central Nervous System and the spinal curvature as a symptom (all-be-it one that needs to be treated, but primarily through neuro-muscular re-education rehabilitation)
"It has been suggested that progression to scoliosis surgery
indicates the ultimate failure of scoliosis brace treatment. The key
question of any future study of bracing, randomized or not,
must be How many patients avoided surgery because of
bracing treatment? This study found a high degree of
variability in opinion among experts concerning the effectiveness
of bracing. Yet, scoliosis brace treatment is the standard of care for
AIS, and all 362 respondents to a recent survey from the
SRS35 indicated that they advocate its use. This implies a
major disconnect between opinions of effectiveness and
endorsement of bracing by the community. Patients considering
their treatment options need to be aware of this
disconnect; instead of considering bracing as the only option,
they should take this variation into account along with
their personal goals and tolerance for risk. In addition, these
results indicate that a randomized trial of bracing would not
only be ethical but also necessary."
Opinion_paper_on_bracing.pdf