Has anyone found a brace that helps reduce your scoliosis (both the
sideways curve, and the torquing forward of one side of your torso), and
makes you feel less crooked? The orthopedist says my curve isn't bad
enough for surgery, and the shoulder specialist won't shave down my
scapulas to stop them from catching on my ribs and popping when I move -
that is the treatment for snapping scapula syndrome if it can't be
relieved by exercise or other nonsurgical means), so I remain crooked and
fidgeting every few seconds in a vain attempt to straighten myself. I
wear a corset (have since my injury was 2.5 years old in 1984), but all it
does is keep me from falling forward - it does nothing for the spinal
curves. These days, feeling more unbalanced, I'm almost always using a
chest strap as well. This off-balance feeling, along with the popping
shoulder blades, and, of course, the ever-intensifying full body central
pain that controls my life, is getting more and more on my nerves and
messing up my mood (which I don't need.)
Thanks for any tips,
Alan
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