Case 145: Female 14 Year Old

A 14 year old Singaporean girl with a 45 degree curvature of her spine presented to our clinic. The parents were concerned as they had been to a hospital specialist for a few years now and seen her scoliosis steadily increase and this time they recommended surgery. Finding Dr Kevin Lau they started on his scoliosis treatment which involved one session a week in clinic doing the scoliosis exercises such as schroth and chiropractic which is unique to ScolioLife clinic. She also made a hypercorrective brace called ScolioAlign brace which she wore 12-14 hours per day as she didnt want to wear it to school. 

After 6 months, her scoliosis was corrected to 38 degrees which it 7 degrees from the original 45 degrees and most importantly getting her out of the surgical range. If she was able to wear the brace for the r recommended 18-20 minimum we are confident the correction would have been better. 

Nevertheless we commend her for her hard work and that getting any correction for scoliosis is never easy.