Catching a Curve Ball

Posted by HappyCapper
Wrote a gigant post that dxp ate, so this is the short version of it.

I have it in a very mild version(don't know the type, though.) I found out as they were doing a spinal tap on me.

1. If they ever do a spinal tap on you, make veeery sure they know you have scoliosis beforehand, or it may get extremely painful.

2. When I discussed it with my doctors, they said they thought I had been helped by a coat. Yup. Years ago, I had a coat with a wide belt that pretty much forced me into a good posture. After just a few days of owning it, I started to keep that up even when I wasn't wearing it. I even used to get compliments for my posture.

So, please take a look at your clothes. You don't want to take it to a point of straining yourself, ofc, just using them as something that unconsciously reminds you to have a good posture.

I know this is not much, but it's all I've got.

I'm so sorry you have to go through this and I really hope you find lots of great ways of making this as easy on you as possible!

Posted by Ram416

Posted by HappyCapper
Wrote a gigant post that dxp ate, so this is the short version of it.

I have it in a very mild version(don't know the type, though.) I found out as they were doing a spinal tap on me.

1. If they ever do a spinal tap on you, make veeery sure they know you have scoliosis beforehand, or it may get extremely painful.

2. When I discussed it with my doctors, they said they thought I had been helped by a coat. Yup. Years ago, I had a coat with a wide belt that pretty much forced me into a good posture. After just a few days of owning it, I started to keep that up even when I wasn't wearing it. I even used to get compliments for my posture.

So, please take a look at your clothes. You don't want to take it to a point of straining yourself, ofc, just using them as something that unconsciously reminds you to have a good posture.

I know this is not much, but it's all I've got.

I'm so sorry you have to go through this and I really hope you find lots of great ways of making this as easy on you as possible!

Your coat sounds like a softer version of the back brace that is normally recommended for patients in their teens and late teens. Since I am way past that age group I don't think it can help much at this point.

Does it look something like this?



However, I have been told that wearing corsets helps with posture.I've been wearing steel-boned corsets for years now, BUT not on a daily basis as it wasn't recommended (also extremely uncomfortable to wear for long periods.

No need to be sorry lol. I've learned to handle this condition pretty well, just wondering if there are other options I could try, apart from what I know.

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Posted by tcta
have you tried a chiropractor and massage therapy at all ? just to keep things as much on a preventive level ...

Posted by Ram416

Posted by tcta
have you tried a chiropractor and massage therapy at all ? just to keep things as much on a preventive level ...

Chiropractor is in my plans. So far it's been physiotherapists, which have helped but I think don't really address the issue directly.

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