The Dynamic Brace Flexible correction for spinal deformity Dr. Marcotte graduated in 2000 from UQTR. She started her own practice in Montreal, focusing on the correction of posture and scoliosis through CBP protocols before becoming a CBP workshop Instructor in 2005. the company she has founded, is focused on teaching, research and development in the field of the cor- rection of posture and scoliosis in the adolescent and adult popula- tions. Dr. Marcotte can be reached at [email protected]. Posturetek, S coliosis, and other major distortions in posture, have benefi ted little from reha- bilitation until just over a decade ago. Chiropractors know that these disorders often lead to pain as well as to a variety of visceral and somatic dysfunctions. Conventional medical care for the most serious cases uses rigid bracing, medication and surgery. As the scientifi c literature shows, conventional spinal adjusting, alone, has never con- sistently demonstrated a signifi cant change in these pathological curves. Therefore, these patients have, historically, consulted with chiropractors mainly for relief of their pain. But now, a fl exible bracing system has been developed for these patients and this certainly deserves some attention from the chiropractic community. Invented at Ste. Justine’s Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, by orthopedic surgeons Drs. Christine Coillard and Charles-Hilaire Rivard, this brace is now being widely used on thousands of pa- tients throughout the world, mainly for the treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). However, as author Sharon Dunn so rightfully stated in a January 2008 edition of Maclean’s magazine, “Why aren’t Canadian parents told about a Montreal invention used around the world to treat scoliosis?” 1 The good news is that awareness of this brace is now, in fact, reaching Canadians and this is due, in no small part, to the fact that chiropractors are coming to learn of its benefits. Continued on Page 30 26 • CANADIAN CHIROPRACTOR | SEPTEMBER 2008 www.canadianchiropractor.ca Louise Marcotte, BSc, DC feature
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