Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Hi DianeM, Hey I was born in Norwalk and grew up in Wilton, nice area! Lucky for you there are a number of very good adult scoli/aging spine doctors in NYC, if you are willing to travel that far. I am surprised a chiro would do much in the way of adjustment on you. When things started going " south " I consulted one locally, with my films in hand. They were pretty hesitant to do much. How far down in your fusion, if you know? I think the things that we keep hearing from our doctors as far as keeping a healthy spine tend toward maintaining as low a weight as possible and staying as active as possible...same as for the general population. I know, in retrospect, I wish I had been kinder to the one lumbar vertebra that was working...ol' L5....but I didn't really understand the whole thing until it was too late. I rode horses, lugged grain sacks and hay bales, built a house...all kinds of things that probably insured that I was going to be having surgery on my back again. If only I knew then what I know now....sigh. Anyway, I don't really know if any of that means anything for you. I have come to be of the opinion that unless I had lived my life in a chaise lounge, I was probably going to develop flatback and associated degenerative changes that would make surgery likely. But thats me. Hopefully you will find you are fused higher and that surgery is not inevitable. If you have any questions I am sure someone would be willing to take a stab at them! Take Care, Cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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