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| Posted By: Elissa Posted On: Mar 22, 2005 Views: 656 | Back brace I wear my brace but not probably as much as i should(becuase im suppost to wear it 24/7)for 30 min i have gym every day(i take it off),2 times a week i have tumbling for an hour (take the brace off),1 hour a day i exercise(take it off), for my shower and that whole process 1hour,and when i have cheer competitions picture day perfromances or any activity that requires a certain type of clothing i take it off.The doctor said i am excusedto take the brace off whenever doing physical activity.I go to the chiropractic once a month,and i have a schedueled appointment for an x ray with my doctor in 4 months.2 6 months ago my curvature was 35 degrees and before that it was 27 degrees and progressed that much.I AM VERY SCARED IT HAS PROGRESSED AND I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK SURGERY DO U THINK SO? |
| Posted By: weiwei Posted On: Apr 4, 2005 Views: 647 | RE: Back brace i don think u wud go back 2 surgery... i hav a curve over 50 degrees n im wearing a custom-made brace n doing special exercises n muscle stim. my curve is still progressing... i didnt listen 2 the spine surgeon but i chose 2 bilif in my chiropractor n my brace... im supposed 2 wear it 20hrs a day but sometimes i also take it off more than 4 hrs a day. im trying 2 change tt so tt my curve wud improve lyk other patients. |
| Posted By: Crystal Lee Posted On: Mar 17, 2006 Views: 473 | RE: Back brace i was supposed to wear a backbrace but i didnt and now i have to go have surgery and get a steel rod put in my back as soon as school gets out!! my back is in the shape of an 'S' and my spine is 45%crooked please e-mail me back and help me get some support and make me feel better ! - always Crystal Lee age 13 rcms alc |
| Posted By: Olivia Posted On: Apr 24, 2006 Views: 457 | RE: RE: RE: Back brace Hey I'm Olivia I'm 13 (well in 2 months). and i have scoliosis. I was just diagnosed with it. My doctor says that my spine keeps getting worse and that now it is twisting. So this summer i will probably have to get a rod put in my back. I'm so scared and i don't want my back to stop me from doing sports. Does it feel weird to have a backbrace? Do kids in school stare at you and make fun of you? Please reply or email me |
| Posted By: Bethany Posted On: Apr 5, 2007 Views: 310 | RE: Back brace Hey, I just turned 14 a couple months ago and I'm going to end up with a back brace too. My curve isn't too bad, 35 degrees 25 degrees and I have another 15-20 degree curve toward my neck, but what I really want to get across is, Why does it matter what people think about it? Your real friends won't care because they love you for who you are. Anyone who makes fun of you for wearing a brace is not worth talking too anyway. Take it from me, I was worried about getting a brace at first too. I got checked out for a physical to get in to high school and that's when they found my scoliosis. At first when I heard about getting a brace I flipped out and flattly refused to get one or wear one, but then I told all of my friends about it, and not one of them thought it was weird or uncool or anything like that. They just brushed it off and were like "whatever, you're still the same person with or without a brace". I actually regret not getting a brace sooner because my curve got 5 degrees worse. It's not much, but it starts getting scary around that measure because it's almost in the range where surgery comes into play. So for all you people out there with braces, just think about it, if it's making you straighter, then why does it matter what anyone else thinks? How you feel about yourself is your own choice, and if you feel bad about yourself because others put you down, you need to realize that you don't have to feel down, just don't listen to them. :D |