sammijayne

Hiya, I just wanted to pass on something I learnt, I'm sure I'm not the only person who could go through the heel of a flat shoe in a week ???? As I got older I found that if I had shoes with a small heel on it just enough to distribute my weight,as for boys/men maybe an insole could help, that bit I learnt from a guy on here, I hope some of this helps.

Hiya chimy, I know what you mean about being left to your own devices. The things that makes me angry is that GP's are the ones that are going to cure you, or when you get to specialists you tell them that something as happened as pain is worse, you are sent for an x-ray and weather is shows something or not, you seem to get looked at as though you're a lair or something, I am sure that most of people with scoliosis have the same sort of pain, doctors know the theoretical side of it, but we know our own bodies and we know when it changes. If you can get to see a chiropractor they may be able to help you there was not a great lot they could do for me because of the rods, I can't guarantee that they will be able to help, but if you do go to see one will you let me know how you get on ? I don't know about you but I've had every thing else. Best wishes

Hi, I am new to this forum, I do have scoliosis and today is 32 years since I had spinal surgery for lumber and thoracic scoliosisI was in king Edwards hospital, my surgeon was done by Mr E Evans, May 1983 it was 2 weeks before my 12th birthday. At that time there was no Internet the only information you could get was from doctor's, there so much to this condition and although I did have surgery to correct it, Around a year after I had my daughter I was referred to hospital for a x-ray as the pain had got alot worse, I was then told that I had got a second curvature, I didn't even know I could get another one because of rods on my spine,that was in the 90s.Late last year that now I have a 3rd one. Because this condition runs in my family on the female side I was worried about my daughter, I started seeing a chiropractor after my 2nd curvature, and told her about the history of it in my family, and was told that seeing a chiropractor could possibly help.