My Back is Sore

Again... or, still... not sure which it is.

Scoliosis means fairly constant pain or discomfort. Some people probably have it worse than Dancer Girl, some less.  But, there seems to be a fairly constant level of it.

Massage helps.

     Muscle rub ointment helps.

          Exercises help. (Get the right ones from a PT)

               Heat helps.

                    Medicine helps.


But none of it is convenient and it only helps for a while.

It seems like Dancer Girl's general back pain is often better while wearing the brace, but it is also uncomfortable.  Especially at night.  She wakes up almost every morning with some sort of pain or discomfort from how the brace has been positioned overnight.  Sometimes a one hour break from the brace helps, but not always.

Scoliosis isn't stopping her from doing any of her favorite activities - dance, basketball, hanging out with friends, playing outside - but it does change how some of that is done.  And some of it results in additional back pain that we are learning to anticipate and manage.

Every day is a new learning experience as we juggle life with the brace.

          But we are doing it.

                    Together.