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thank you everyone for your input and help:>) my whole life has been when i grow up i'll figure it out, well now i am grown up and figuring it out is a whole lot easier, with the help on this amazing exchange. best regards to all of you~ patti cg 15 On Jul 14, 2009, at 1:31 AM, mschild wrote: >> an xray taken from the side view last week , showed an s shape to his >> spine, . a view from the center back was not available. >> there is a brace called spine cor that we are trying to find >> availability. has anyone used this or bought it? or know how much it >> costs? > > > I have seen many long time PWP with a scliosis. PD very often > affects one side > more than the other so there is an imbalance between the muscles > maintaining > the spine. At first it seems it is only malposition but with time it > develops > into a fixed scoliosis. The leaning on one side can be corrected at > first with > adequate medication but in the long run it becomes more pronounced, > especially > when tired. Some days worse than others that is why I don't think a > brace > would be very helpful unless you have a lot of exercise. Braces > usually tend > to weaken muscles since they don't have to work anymore to keep > posture. > JOhn ,after 20 years of PD has a fixed scoliosis. no need to Xray or > MRI to > confirm something that is obvious. It can also be painful, obviously. > The best prevention is exercises for the back. Massage of painful > spinal > muscles will relieve some of the pain > maryse cg JOhn 80 /+-60 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn