A new and innovative approach to spinal treatment in adults targets pain relief by providing postural
rehabilitation and spinal offloading.
Scoliosis in
adults is typically the
result of either having the disease as a child which has
progressed to adulthood, or from the degenerative
processes of abnormal aging. The scoliosis can be of any
classification ( lumbar, thoracic, thoracolumbar, etc) and can result in
chronic pain, leg discomfort, digestive, and lung
complications.
Adults
with Scoliosis are now being successfully treated with
the SpineCor Dynamic Scoliosis
Brace. The
goal of treatment in not to correct the adult scoliosis,
as that is not possible with a brace, but rather to help
support the spine and alleviate
pain.
The new SpineCor Pain Relief Back Brace is a
neuro-muscular-skeletal rehabilitation tool for treating
abnormal spinal loading and abnormal posture; it is not
a simple back support
brace.
Modes of
action:
•
Corrective movements gently guide the posture and spinal
alignment in an optimal
direction.
•
The elastic corrective bands act to resist the body’s
movement back to the abnormal
position.
•
This constant “correction, relaxation, correction,
relaxation” is in reality a corrective postural
exercise.
•
The brace is able to put a patient’s body through 10’s
of 1000’s of repetitions per day instead of the10-50
repetitions that are typical with other rehabilitation
techniques.
•
It creates dynamic spinal offloading and neuromuscular
rehabilitation with the ultimate goal of neuromuscular
integration.
The Musculoskeletal Affects of Abnormal Posture
and Spinal
Alignment:
•
Scoliosis and other spinal conditions can affect the
“balance” of body posture and spinal
alignment.
•
A loss of normal spinal balance creates abnormal loading
on the vertebra, discs, ligaments, joints, tendons,
muscles and nerves.
•
Over a relatively short period of time, abnormal loads
on the body tissues alter their
functions.
•
Over a long enough period of time the structure of body
tissues will change in response to the abnormal loading
further compromising
function.
•
These changes can damage the body .i.e. facet joint
arthrosis, disc degeneration, nerve root irritation,
spinal stenosis, all of which lead to
pain.
•
Promoting a change in the balance of the posture and the
spine can help to correct the abnormal
loading.
A recent presentation
in Athens, Greece (see article
here) has shown that use of the
SpineCor brace in adults has been very successful in
helping adults with chronic pain from
scoliosis.
The
process of bracing in
adults is similar to
bracing children only the goal is support and cessation
of chronic pain. The reason bracing in adults is
so effective is that the SpineCor dynamic corrective
brace is providing the spine with support but it doesn't
limit the movement of the spine therefore the muscles
along the spine are strengthened. This allows for
better natural support of the spine and less pain.
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Case Study /
Patient
B
26 year old female with
a painful adolescent
idiopathic
scoliosis as an adult
(ASA1). Her pain prior
to
SpineCor treatment was
rated as an average
daily
pain of 7/10. Using the
SpineCor Pain Relief
Back
Brace, daily 8 to 12
hours for 3 months, she had
a
gradual relief of her
pain to an average 2/10. The
initial
x-ray shows a 32 degrees right
thoracic scoliosis.
In
the SpineCor Pain Relief
Brace 1 month after
fitting
the
x-ray shows an improvement of 8 degree to
24 degree.
Her
pain relief of 1-2/10
and spinal correction have
been
maintained for over 2
years by using the
SpineCor Pain Relief Brace on
an occasional
basis. |
Most
adults with scoliosis that have chronic pain, seek the care of Doctors of Chiropractic
or physical therapists. Most of these people
respond well to their care and at the end have less
pain. However, when the care ends and the patient
is left on their own, inevitably they forget to continue
their exercises and their pain returns. With the
SpineCor brace the brace is the exercise and when it's
on it keeps the spine supported and strong so you never
forget to do your exercises because you're wearing them.
Typically adults will wear the brace initially about 18
hours per day. But as the spine strengthens the
brace is worn less. Eventually the brace is worn
as needed during times where the person feels they need
more help during a certain
activity.
Find a
Doctor
If you need assistance in finding a
Scoliosis care
professional in your area
who specializes in a non-surgical approach and Spinecor
Bracing, contact us.
