I have no idea but I suggest you go to your local library and get a book called "Deenie" by Judy Blume. I read it when I was in 7th grade and it was an excellent book, you will learn a lot about scoliosis in in it.

with this being December ,you are most likely in the brace by now .The first year I had mine I hated it and after that I realized that this brace was to be a part of my life for the next several years,and once you just resign your self to the fact that it is not for ever and just accept it as a fact of life for the next fair few years and get over it ,you wont even be bothered by it .I did my first series from age 7 to age 27.At the age of 37 I was in an industrial accident ,and the company doctor decided to put me into a Milwaukee brace for the next few years ,as an adjunct to my ongoing P.T..,an that was just seven years ago ,I am now 44 &1/2,and will be able to stop using this brace in another five years ,but at this point I would rather be wearing it than not ,as when I am wearing it I can work and play softball,baseball and fish and do all sorts of stuff ,except water-ski.So don't fight the brace ,your doc ,your rents ,or yourself .this brace is not all that bad, I know, as I have spent over one half of my life in one ,and will likely spend most of the rest of it in one as well you see what started out as congenital scoliosis ,eventually degraded into severe chronic Osteo-arthritis .as far as an answer to your your question ,I always thought of it as a big constant hug ,I wear mine 23 hours per day with an hour out to shower et.c.,I also take it off for swimming and contact sports ,but not for tennis or basket ball,after a while you will pretty much know what you can do in the brace and what not to try .I hope this is of some help and just enjoy your brace because you will be done with it soon.when you start getting frustrated with it just think of me ,and my having been in one for more than half of my life .best of luck and hang in there .

what is a milwaukee brace????

the Milwaukee brace is quite restrictive,while you are in it you will be immobilized from your chin to your hips ,and there may be a pad or two and there also may be some straps to hold you in the proper possition ,in order to correct the curve .It will take you about a week to get used to it ,and after that it will become just another thing to put on after your shower in the morning .If it is fit properly it is actually quite comfortable ,considering what it is and once you get used to it its a breeze to wear .some of your friends will want to try it on for size and to see how it feels ,so let them give it a go ,it wont kill you to be out of it for a few extra minutes one or two days a week and it will show them just what you are going through ,just make sure they don't adjust it at all or it will screw you up in a hurry.I had one for 11 years and I lived through it and now I wear a modified Milwaukee for pain management and it does a great job of removing the pain and I would rather be wearing it than not wearing it so all totaled I have been in a Milwaukee brace for 36 out of my 56 years but I was a special case with a fracture,Kyphosis and scoliosis,my first three years were with a halo Milwaukee brace that could not even come off,you will learn to live with the brace and also how to exist ,.and you will even find that there is a life in a M/B. I wore the first one 23 hrs /day and was out of ti for an hour to shower and right back into it again-if you wear it for the prescribed amount of time it will do the most good ,and in time you will learn how to sit and do all sorts of things .The new brace I got six years ago I wear 10 to 20 hours a day and its not so bad ,just don't fight the brace or you will get sore muscles

at first it will then you will get used to it