Scoliosis Blog

Shana-Lee has returned back (part time) from maternity leave. It's wonderful to have her back and see how she works with our patients.  We had an intersting case this month. We shared the treatment in that Shana-Lee worked with our patient in the morning and I did the afternoon session. I think the patient involved (a very complex case) really got a lot out of 2 sets of eyes and hands (and the brain in between).  I sure did. 

Anyway, back to Shana-Lee, her 1 year old son Jake has been spending time in the clinic and has access to our "toys". Anyway, he was in last week and I happened to notice the doodle-sketch pad on the floor next to him.  We have had a few scoli's in over the last few weeks and I have no clue who left this message..... but I think its important to recognise the non-physical aspect of scoliosis and the impact it has on our patients. 

 If I did know who wrote this, I would enrourage them to work with our friends over at Curvy Girls. I haven't met Hayley but have had some correspondence from her family. She seems a wonderful person and I am sure is doing a great job in Perth.  I met Nina Cecylia in Milan last year. She is from Curvy Girls and presented a research poster at the SOSORT conference. 

This year the SOSORT conference in Chicago and I will be leaving next week. I was hoping to present some research but time and data got away from me. It will be very interesting and I am looking forward to diving into the large pool of knowledge. 

Rebecca Harding from Melbourne will be there and hopefully a bracing orthotist from Sydney childrens hospital.  I will no doubt write more from Chicago.