Gerbo:
Thanks for your post. We are definitely not prepared to accept surgery as an option yet. We will not have the surgery done for cosmetic reasons. Unfortunately we have not been able to find torso rotation equipment in Ottawa - if we could we would be doing it. We are looking seriously at structural integration (SI) having read several research articles on the role of fascia in scoliosis. We have some calls out to physiotherapists at present who do SI and are hoping they will call us back to discuss. If we can find therapy or chiropractic or exercise or osteopathic treatments to keep Esme's curves where they are we will be happy with this for now. We hope to buy her time until new treatments become available. There is tons of research being done and we can only hope and pray that something will emerge during her lifetime that will avoid the spinal fusion.
Martha Hawes book Scoliosis and the Human Spine arrived today and my husband and I are finding it a very interesting read so far. As an adult she successfully reduced her surgical curves by 50% with exercise.
Hope springs eternal!!
Ruth
Thanks for your post. We are definitely not prepared to accept surgery as an option yet. We will not have the surgery done for cosmetic reasons. Unfortunately we have not been able to find torso rotation equipment in Ottawa - if we could we would be doing it. We are looking seriously at structural integration (SI) having read several research articles on the role of fascia in scoliosis. We have some calls out to physiotherapists at present who do SI and are hoping they will call us back to discuss. If we can find therapy or chiropractic or exercise or osteopathic treatments to keep Esme's curves where they are we will be happy with this for now. We hope to buy her time until new treatments become available. There is tons of research being done and we can only hope and pray that something will emerge during her lifetime that will avoid the spinal fusion.
Martha Hawes book Scoliosis and the Human Spine arrived today and my husband and I are finding it a very interesting read so far. As an adult she successfully reduced her surgical curves by 50% with exercise.
Hope springs eternal!!
Ruth
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