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Why Bracing Doesn’t Work
By Daniel S. Hersh, DC
Most families or persons facing
treatment for their scoliosis, inevitably have to decide
on the use of recommended or prescribed scoliosis braces.
Types
of Scoliosis Braces
There are many different types
of bracing, Copes Brace, Boston Brace & SpinCor Brace
among others. There are a myriad of promises and intended
results with their usage.
Our experience, and that of
our patients, all of whom were confronted with this form
of treatment, is that scoliosis bracing will not permanently
stop the scoliosis from progressing. At best,
bracing may slow down or temporarily stop the progressive
increase of the Cobb angle (spinal curvature).
However, what is less known is that
as soon as the brace is removed, the scoliosis quickly and
rapidly progresses beyond where it was before the
brace was used. Therefore, we often hear the following:
"My son or daughter wore the brace 23 hours per day
for 24 months and the curve got worse either while wearing
the brace, or shortly after the brace was discontinued."
Why Scoliosis Bracing Does Not
Work
Why is this the case?
If you really think about why bracing is ineffective
it will become clear. The spine is one continuous
organ/unit of the body. Therefore any
scoliosis treatment that does not incorporate the treatment
of the entire spine will not be successful. Scoliosis
does affect the entire spine. Therefore,
the entire spine must be addressed. Any abnormal
curvature in the cervical
spine must be corrected for the scoliosis to be
effectively treated.
Spine Journal: September 2001
The Spine Journal of
September 2001 has an article entitled 'Effectiveness of
Bracing Male Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis'. It states:
"Progression of 6 degrees occurred in 74% of boys and 46%
reached surgical thresholds.
Bracing of male patients with
Idiopathic Scoliosis is
ineffective."
In another article the
'Children’s Research Center in Dublin, Ireland' states
"Since 1991 bracing has not been recommended for children
with AIS (Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis) at this center.
It cannot be said to provide meaningful advantage to the
patient or the community."
It takes courage and being
proactive on the part of parents and persons with scoliosis
to look away from standard practices that have been used
(however ineffectively) for years, and seek a safe and effective
treatment for the successful correction of scoliosis.
You may
email Dr. Hersh with any questions at
ScoliosisCorrection@gmail.com
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