SPINECOR BRACE for Scoliosis

Makenna will be getting her SpineCor brace tomorrow in Tampa! We are so excited that we have found this bracing alternative and that it looks promising. Makenna is not as excited as she will have to wear this 23 hrs a day and of course being a teenager and not being able to wear tank tops and go swimming in the summer (well we live in FL so its 80 degrees today) it kinda sucks to her BUT the only alternative is surgery. I told her a yr or so out of her life will be worth avoiding surgery if we can.

  HERE IS THE ACTUAL WEBSITE FOR SPINECOR

http://www.scoliosisspecialists.com/

Just an FYI I am not getting paid to endorse this company I am just creating a blog where I can record Makennas progress and give everyone else out there an actual REAL review of if it worked for our daughter! And I really hope and pray it does..

When I first contacted Scoliosis Specialist I got a return call back from one of the dr's who invented the brace. She was very sweet and answered all of my questions. Our luck has it that Dr. Brian who is also one of the creators of this brace will be the one fitting my daughter for it in Tampa. He is flying in tomorrow and will be meeting us at a chiro office who works with this type of brace.

The secretary who calls me is the nicest person ever. She is just a genuinely nice person who gets right on what needs to be done. The only issue I had so far was with our insurance. The dr office let me know they called my insurance and they would need pre-authorization for this type of procedure and then it would be covered by our insurance. We have Blue Cross Blue Sheild Tenn. Our out of network deductible is $5,000  and the cost of the brace is $4600-$4800 for the brace...so basically either way we are paying for it. Every 3 months we will need to take our child to the chiro $290 a visit for xrays and exam and adjustments of brace if needed.

Not sure how long she will need to wear this yet. She is still growing so I am guessing until she is done with her growth spurts.

Here is a picture of the BRACE

 

My daughter has a ton of questions...how do u go to the bathroom in it? etc. So I will be answering all of these on the blog after the apt tomorrow!

They are boasting an 89% success rate BUT the dr did tell me for Makennas degree of curve she is hoping to halt the progression and hopefully correct it by 5 degrees..which is fine with us.

She said in curves 36 degrees and less the rate of success after 5 yrs having the brace off was about 90 some % so that is wonderful.