Scoliosis System- Scoliosis brace and exercise
Scoliosis management for adults and children may include the use of Spinecor; a spinal orthosis (corrective brace) designed to help retrain muscle recruitment patterns while comfortably reducing scoliosis curvatures. Adult management is has now been clinically proven. In our experience, over the past six years, as well as among multiple providers in North America, we have seen dramatic results in regards to curvature reduction, pain relief and improved quality of life. This is not to say everyone will experience the same results.
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Where Scoliosis Surgery Fails
Posted on February 26th, 2009 No commentsWhile surgery may be necessary in some cases, in many cases it is not. Paul Harrington, known for inventing the surgery that implants metal rods in scoliotic spines, stated in 1963, “metal does not cure the disease” of scoliosis, which is a condition involving much more than the spinal column.
Consider these facts:
- Complications of surgery include: hooks becoming dislodged, fracture of the rods, skin protrusion of the upper end of the rods, pseudarthrosis (spine did not fuse), and pain where there once was none (neurological problem).
- Younger patients are susceptible to crankshaft phenomenon (worsening of the rotation and rib deformity).
- Scoliosis affects the entire skeleton (i.e. rib deformities) and impacts on neurological and hormonal systems. Surgical rods do nothing to address the wide range of bodily structures and systems affected by the disease.
- Initial average loss of spinal correction post-surgery is 3.2 degrees in the first year and 6.5 after two years with continued loss of 1.0 degrees per year throughout life.
- Researchers have reported increased incidences of arthritis and pain in adulthood when there was a history of spinal surgery for scoliosis.
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