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SpineCor Brace Failure is Significantly Higher Than Traditional Scoliosis BraceFailure according to research performed by Dr wong and his team who were trained for 3 years at St Justine Hospital on the fitting and use of the spinecor brace.

Rigid scoliosis bracing has been around for a hundred years attempting to halt progression of idiopathic scoliosis. Contraversy has surrounded rigid spinal bracing for decades and the orthopedic community still performs over 40,000 scoliosis surgeries annually in just the United States alone. Many studies have been performed demonstrating the efficacy and lack of efficacy for placing a child in a scoliosis brace.

Some of the main issues surrounding rigid spinal bracing are the compliance, the physical appearance, and the poor long term results. Some scoliosis experts and even countries have abolished scoliosis bracing based on these issues. The general consensus among these researchers is if it doesn’t work, is uncomfortable, and psychologically damaging to children, then why use it at all? Interestingly enough is that countries that don’t regularly use scoliosis braces generally have no measurable differences in the number of scoliosis surgeries performed.

The Spine Corporation created the SpineCor  scoliosis brace in the attempt to compete with the rigid brace and of course turn a profit. The SpineCor brace claims to be 88% effective at halting progression of idiopathic scoliosis yet no independent research supports this claim. They also claim to be more user friendly, that is more comfortable, less pressure, easier to perform daily activities, and create a better self image.

The suprising results indicate that SpineCor fails in all of these categories in which it was designed to outperform the rigid scoliosis brace.

Conclusion. The current study showed that the failure rate of the SpineCor was significantly higher than that of the rigid spinal orthosis, and the patients’ acceptance to the SpineCor was comparable to the conventional rigid spinal orthosis. Man Sang Wong, PhD

According to the Spinecorporation published studies regarding efficacy they are claiming that 57% of scoliosis patients with Risser scores 0-3 and scoliosis curvature less than 30 degrees were able to sustain a reduction averaging 8 degrees over the course of 2 years. This may sound impressive to some but there are several problems with this finding. The first is what about the other 43% and what if your child is one of this group. The other is the time of the studies because pubertal growth spurts are typically 30-36 months in length and if the results were obtained prior to the termination of this growth spurt they are premature.

75% of children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis won’t progress to severe levels based on a low genetic predisposition. The majority of this group will have simple postural imbalances that are positively affected by chiropractic and rehabilitation. The fact that spinecor brace providers are chiropractors leads me to believe that the spinecor brace itself may have had absolutely nothing to do with the 8 degree reduction.

The fact of the matter is there is no right way to do the wrong thing. Scoliosis brace makers keep trying to improve upon an idea and concept that has been statistically proven to have no effect on the natural course of the condition. Simply calling it a dynamic motion brace and claiming it is easier to use and gets great results based on research from a non independent source is another corporate attempt to deceive the public and turn a profit. Scoliosis is a neurological disease combined biomechanical and biochemical accelerators that needs to treated with sole purpose of eliminating the portion of the disease that can be eliminated not by pushing around the symptom or Cobb angles in the middle of the spine.