01 Case background

Xiaoye was diagnosed as 44°scoliosis at the age of 12. Her family went to several well-known hospitals in China. The doctor recommended surgery as soon as possible. But Xiaoye did not want surgery and still hoped an non-surgery treatment.

diagnosed with 44°of scoliosis in August, 2021

Finally, they found Professor Yang Junlin through online inquiries and friends' introductions. According to Xiaoye’s lateral curvature and to fulfill her wishes, Professor Yang decided to customize a conservative treatment plan for her, and strive for the opportunity to avoid surgery !

02 The course of treatment

Xiaoye said: "When I was studying, I could not concentrate my energy because of the back pain, and my learning efficiency dropped again and again. The high and low shoulders and the back that were different from ordinary people made me unable to face the eyes of others, and even unable to tell my boredom and pain to my usual friends. But rather than continue to suffer, I prefer to find a way to heal, to give myself a new hope."

In order to avoid surgery, Xiaoye began to wear a brace and exercise for 18 to 22 hours a day.

At the beginning of wearing the brace, because of the strong orthopedic force of the brace, Xiaoye felt physically uncomfortable. At the same time, she went to school with a large brace, received strange looks by her classmates.

first bracing in September, 2021

But Xiaoye did not feel inferior or give up, under the guidance of the brace teacher, she slowly adapted to wearing the brace. To satisfy the curiosity of her classmates, she wrote an article about her experience in scoliosis consultation and treatment and share in class.

1. Set training time reasonably and stick to punching in online!

In addition to wearing the brace, medical exercise is also the core task of the treatment process. In order to balance treatment and study, Xinmiao doctors and Xiaoye worked together to customize a personalized treatment plan.

On school days, Xiaoye finished her homework first, then started daily exercise.

According to requirements of Xinmiao therapist, she had to guarantee 1.5h exercise time per day.

During holidays, Xiaoye will extend the exercise time and increase the number of training groups for each movement under the guidance of Xinmiao therapist.

In addition to training at home, Xiaoye's parents will cooperate with Xiaoye every day to stick to online punching, and maintain close contact with Xinmiao therapist. From August 2021 to March 2022, during half a year of treatment, Xiaoye did not fall once in the online body punch, and each movement was photographed and sent to Xinmiao therapist to ensure that the movements were accurate and in place.

2. Insist on taking external observations to witness changes!

According to the requirements of Professor Yang's treatment plan, Xiaoye’s mother would take pictures of Xiaoye’s back every 1-2 weeks, and the pictures would be spliced together, so that the appearance of her back could be observed through the pictures during the treatment.

Xiaoye said: "The treatment process was very hard but the feeling of persistence was really good, especially she could see the comparison pictures taken by mother every month, watching my back become straight and beautiful. I suddenly felt that everything was worth it. With more firm confidence to heal, exercise had become more motivated!"

3. Persistence pays off!

Plum blossom fragrance from the bitter cold!

After 4 months of treatment, Xiaoye came to Professor Yang's clinic again, and this time the review results made her family very surprised, the angle of scoliosis was corrected from 44° to 20°, and the appearance of the back was also significantly improved.

2 hours after the brace removed, the angle of scoliosis corrected from 44° to 20°

back appearance improved significantly in 4 months

03 Doctor's review

Generally, large Angle lateral curvature of more than 40° requires surgical treatment according to international treatment principles. However, considering the young age of Xiaoye and well flexibility of body with immature bone age, comprehensive conservative treatment of XTS is considered.

In view of Xiaoye’s case, we set up targeted physical exercise, brace wearing time and adjustment plan. At this stage, we strive to gradually remove the brace of Xiaoye as soon as possible, and rely on self-exercise to strengthen her muscle, control and improve lateral bending.

Till June 2022, Xiaoye’s scoliosis has been corrected from 44° to 12°, not only successfully avoiding surgery, but also successfully controlling the scoliosis.

2 hours after the brace removed, the angle of scoliosis corrected from 44° to 20°