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Old Apr 08, 2008, 08:26 AM
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EHkittys said:
i have scoliosis to, i was diagnosed when i was 11 i'm 17 now i'm supposed to have surgery but i'm afraid to, by the way i've found a new treatment for scoliosis its called spinecor i'm going to try it hopefully it works since everything i've tried so far isn't working.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> Hi, EHkitties, welcome to PsychCentral. You might have to have the surgery too; childhood scoliosis can get worse because of growth. That's pretty scary. I hope the SpineCor system brace is enough for yours.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/scoliosis/DS00194

Apparently it runs in families; how's your grandmothers' backs? :-) I don't have anything like that in mine I don't think. My aunt just turned 87 yesterday and she's had back problems and operations but not for scoliosis I don't think.
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