Going to have to buy a new bed for my child. Any recommendations for mattresses? Really firm mattresses seem to be the best for me. The best sleep I ever got was on a bed that was just about as stiff as a plank of wood! That probably doesn't help much, but I haven't tried many different mattresses. They're just too expensive! Stiff as a board is the way my mattress feels....i have tried lots of different softness and firmness, and the mattress i have now is a chiropractic mattress from slumberland....if i could afford a nicer 1 i would love to have a tempurpedic I have a tempur pedic mattress and I bought the firmest one they make. I also have the tempur pedic pillows which cost like $100 a piece. Unfortunately they seem to cause my neck to spasm since surgery so I now sleep on cheap pillows which seem to be much better for my neck since surgery surprising enough. The bed itself was very expensive but it was what my doctor recommended so i bought it anyway. I can't tell if it honeslty helps since I have had no back pain since the surgery.
I have to have soft mattresses. Firm mattresses make my back hurt badly post surgery. I also got this tempur pedic wanna-be pillow from walmart and its curved to support your neck. I think it was $15. My fiance and I are going to buy a sleep number bed when we move. I've slept on it before and its pretty damn expensive but even before surgery it helped my back. Share this page with your friends: The treatment of Scheuermann's disease is controversial.Some authors think that the natural history of thoracic Scheuermann's disease is benign and that therefore the condition needs no treatment. Whether orthotics or surgical treatments prevent any of the consequences that may occur is uncertain. Some authors recommend treatment in the skeletally immature patient in the hope of preventing excessive deformity, which may cause pain and cosmetic concerns. Patients with mild, nonprogressive disease can be treated by reducing weight-bearing stress and avoiding strenuous activity. Exercise alone is not found to be beneficial.
When the kyphosis is more severe, recommendations include casting, a spinal brace, or rest and recumbency on a rigid bed. Orthotic management of Scheuermann's disease usually requires 12-24 months of treatment. In a 2003 report on one type of brace for the treatment of Scheuermann's disease (evaluated at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children), it was recommended that the orthosis be worn until skeletal maturity (at least 16 mo), in order to induce improvement or halt progression of the disease. [17] The results for this brace were comparable to previous reports discussing the effectiveness of the modified Milwaukee brace, and the duPont kyphosis brace had the advantage of being concealable under normal attire. Surgery rarely is indicated in patients with Scheuermann's disease. Probably the two most common indications for surgery are spinal pain and unacceptable cosmetic appearance. These criteria are subjective, so it is wise to be cautious in counseling these patients.
In patients with curves greater than 75° and with pain that is unresponsive to nonoperative measures, consider spinal fusion. Spinal fusion consists of an anterior release and fusion, as well as a posterior instrumentation and fusion performed under the same anesthesia on the same day. A multi-center, prospective cohort study by Polly et al indicated that patients with Scheuermann's disease who undergo spinal fusion tend to have a higher body mass index than those treated nonoperatively. [18] See the image below. Cord decompression is indicated for the rare patients who have neurologic deficits secondary to epidural cysts or increased kyphotic angulation. The most frequently occurring complication is pseudoarthrosis, followed by instrumentation failure and secondary loss of correction. The optimal treatment of Scheuermann's disease is controversial. Patients treated with bracing or surgery have experienced an improved self-image, which they have attributed to their treatment.
Patients with kyphotic curves extending 70° at follow-up have had an inferior functional result. Soo and colleagues suggested that by carefully selecting the appropriate treatment for patients with Scheuermann's disease on the basis of the patient's age, the spinal deformity, and the severity of back pain, achieving a similar functional result at long-term follow-up is possible. [19] They felt that despite different treatment protocols, patients with Scheuermann's disease tend to achieve a similar functional result at long-term follow-up. Flexible curves have been suggested as a positive predictor of a successful outcome of bracing. Other variables that have positively influenced the outcome of treatment have been compliance with conservative treatments (a body cast plus brace and exercise regimen) and the initial presence of the Risser sign of skeletal maturity. A retrospective study by Nasto et al indicated that in patients with Scheuermann's disease who undergo posterior-only surgical correction, high preoperative pelvic incidence should be taken into account when planning correction of thoracic kyphosis in order to avoid too much reduction of lumbar lordosis and the development of proximal junctional kyphosis.
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