Re: Re: want info about a double curve

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That is great news and thanks for sharing! My noelle has an S-curve and

successful casting stories are always so uplifting!

murphybridgette wrote: ---Hi,

I just wanted to give you some hope my daughter had a double curve

it was 66 degrees and a 55 degrees she was 28 months when she had

her first cast and was in cast for two years and now she only has a

single curve of 14 degrees and its been two years and 3 months out

of casting and she is doing great her name is and her

story is on the site if you would like to read it.

Good Luck,

Bridgette mom of

In infantile_scoliosis , " andrewofcian.boyle "

wrote:

>

> Hello,

> My son now has a double curve. According to Dr. Metha, they are

almost

> always progressive. It seems like the double curve is compensatory

in

> lieu of rotation.

> The doctor ordered a plastic brace, but was not even there to make

sure

> it was constructed as he wanted, or that it fit as it should. When

I

> went to the doctor one month ago my son had a single curve.

> I explained to the doctor that the plastic brace was useless, his

> answer was its better than nothing.

> Dr. Mehta's own writings- plastic braces are useless for

progressive,

> and unnecessary for resolving. This is of course exclusive of

their use

> after casting for maintenance.

> Any comments would be greatly appreciated, as well as a referral

to a

> new doctor who not only is Mehta trained, but also follows her

> teachings, instead of trying to make up his own.

> Thanks,

> Boyle

>

>

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