DrStitzel
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Originally Posted by drmark2star

I have been asked to post photos of patients with and without the Scoliosis Activity Suit™. Here are a couple of recent patients who've been fitted for the Scoliosis Activity Suit™ (formerly the "Tornado Suit")






The Scoliosis Activity Suit™ in and of itself is not a solo treatment. This Suit MUST be accompanied by a good neuromuscular

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Originally Posted by drmark2star

The "Scoliosis Activity Suit" (formerly "the Tornado Suit") was designed for specific types of patients. Each prospective candidate patient must participate in a fitting process. This fitting process will ultimately determine whether or not the Scoliosis Activity Suit^TM will be beneficial to them.

Although the fitting process will be the definitive guide as to whether or not a prospective patient is a good candidate for the Scoliosis Activity Suit^TM, there are

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Originally Posted by DrStitzel

I recently attended the SOSORT (Society of Scoliosis Orthopedic Rehabilitation Treatment) in Chicago and I still left there shaking my head (much as I did when I attended the Montreal conference in 2010. Virtually every single viable and accepted theory on the pathogenesis of idiopathic adolescent scoliosis centers around a neuro-hormonal cause, yet virtually none of the scoliosis treatment methodology is being adapted or created to reflect this growing and obvious trend. This disconnect seems

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Step #1. Don’t panic. While scoliosis can be a rapidly progressive condition it is usually measured in terms of months, not days. You should set up an appointment with a health care provider immediately for a initial full spine standing x-ray analysis. This is the only way to definitively confirm the presence of a curvature of the spine.

Step #2. Start with the end in mind. It is VITALLY important that you understand the entire process of the scoliosis evaluation and treatment

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Originally Posted by drmark2star

Momster,

A TornadoSuit is an activity suit for scoliosis. The reason it is not a brace (rigid or dynamic) is because it has uses and neurological applications that no type of brace can provide. It is designed to be used in conjunction with a neuromuscular reeducation based exercise program like ARC3D or CLEAR. In the initial year of fittings with the TornadoSuit we fit 6 children with CP, 2 of them wheelchair bound. One of the children in the wheelchair stabilized (curve stayed within

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