Early Childhood Scoliosis Intervention by Dr. Brian T Dovorany

Scoliosis is a disease of the neuro-muscular system that has long challenged health care professionals worldwide. The current status quo for most families dealing with this disease can be very frustrating. In most cases a child diagnosed with scoliosis is told they have it and that we,your healthcare team, will monitor your condition to see if it gets worse. This would be similar to having the doctor tell you that you have a highly progressive cancer and we will wait until it spreads before we step in and do anything for you. Statistically scoliosis is progressive in most cases.

So where does this leave a child and their family with early detection? The general medical approach is to wait until the curve reaches 25 degrees at which time the orthopedic specialist will recommend bracing. The most common form of bracing is a hard brace which is to be worn on average 22 hours daily until skeletal maturity or until the curve advances to 40 degrees at which time they will push for surgical intervention.

What they don't tell you is that once the curve reaches 25 degrees the likelihood of progression is 68% even with bracing attempts. So that leaves nearly 70% of the families with a highly progressive disease that ends up involving surgical intervention, a highly invasive surgery with significant post surgical ramifications. I don't know about you, but if my daughter was offered this solution as the only option, I would be very frustrated, scared, and disappointed in our healthcare system for not coming up with a better alternative to effectively combat scoliosis other than bracing and surgery.

The doctors involved with CLEAR-Institute saw the need and have developed a system that can effectively reduce and stabilize scoliosis without bracing or surgery. In fact the majority of the scoliosis cases treated by CLEAR methodology have been the result of families not wanting surgery and whom the bracing attempts have failed. That means a huge portion of scoliosis cases that have been reduced and stabilized using CLEAR protocols are above the 40 degree level. The reason this is a profound discovery is because the program was originally designed to correct scoliosis meaning fix it, take scoliosis generally above 30 degrees and correct it to an ideal level of 5 degrees or less. The problem is that the majority of cases over 30 degrees do not correct to this ideal 5 degrees or less.Now, this is in no way a failure because the fact that a non surgical method has the consistent ability to reduce and stabilize this highly progressive disease is a tremendous accomplishment and will most likely revolutionalize the treatment for this disease. It is considered a major accomplishment if we are able to even stop progression let alone reduce the actual curve measurement without using bracing, casting, or surgery. The average reduction of curves over 30 degrees in our clinic is 30-50% with good stabilization rates.

The reason I am writing this article is to present to families that are left with this watch and wait phiosophy a new choice. A choice that gives you hope, a choice that empowers and allows you to become proactive rather than reactive. What we have learned through treating thousands of scoliosis patients using the CLEAR method is that if we get to a patient with scoliois under 30 degrees, we can correct it! We have the technology to take it to the ideal 5 degrees or less. The protocol can succeed with early inervention and allow paients with

About the Author

Dr Dovorany has been in active practice in Green Bay, WI for over 11 years and specializes in chiropractic rehabilitation with emphasis on early childhood scoliosis intervention. Dr Dovorany is co-chair of the CLEAR-Institute's board of advisors and is recognized nationally as one of CLEAR Institutes leading teachers for advanced scoliosis corrective treatment.