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Is It Necessary To Use Braces For Spine Curvature In Children?
My daughter is four and a half and has an 8 degree curvature to the right with the apex of the curvature at the L2-L3. Should she be in a brace considering the amount of growth time she still has left? She also has spastic diplegia cp and Beckwith Weidemann Syndrome with a right side hemi. She recently learned to walk but uses a KAFO on her right leg. Thankyou.
Fri, 21 Feb 2014
Yes she will need a brace and will also need to meet with an orthopedic specialist ( bone doctor). She will need yearly X-rays till she has reached pubertal maturity and especially those years as curvature ( scoliosis) increases a lot in those years.Good luck!
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