Scoliosis Blog

2013 is almost over and life continues. I am progressing with my discussions with Sydney University and hopefully will have a formalised project starting next year. 

Unfortunately last month, one of our adult scoliosis patients passed away (from an unrelated illness). I was asked to see her by her neice (who is a friend) and only met up with her once. It is always distressing to learn that some patients pass on as we spend quality time deconstructing these curves. 

Last week I received a pleasant email from a case we saw a year ago. Our adult patient decided to recheck her curve by having  xrays and this is the report

 We dont normally recommend annual x-rays for adult monitoring but our patient and her doctor wanted to check on progress. She is feeling encouraged to continue with her exercise program. 

Its been a strange year in that I have realised that I have only travelled overseas twice to attend conferences. Does that mean that I am starting to get my head around these curves... I hope so. However, we are in process of scheduling to attend SRS course in April and SOSORT in May.