Presentations for Heading Back to School Going back to school with your new scoliosis brace can be the perfect opportunity to teach your classmates about scoliosis! You might feel a little nervous going back to school with your brace, and that’s perfectly normal. Your classmates are probably curious about your brace, so giving a presentation Read more about Presentations for Heading Back to School[…]
Tips for Heading Back to School We polled the scoli squad to help get you ready to go back to school with your scoliosis brace! We asked them about different topics, and here are their responses: “If you feel like you want to hide your brace, you can wear your pants/shorts over your brace, then Read more about Tips for Heading Back to School from Fellow Bracers[…]
No More Backpack Blues Backpacks and scoliosis braces are not always friends. Especially at first, it can be challenging to get comfortable carrying your backpack while wearing your brace, but here are pointers for how to carry your backpack and alternatives to a traditional backpack. Backpack Tips WEAR BOTH STRAPS Wearing both straps better distributes Read more about No More Backpack Blues[…]
Facing Friends, Bullies, and Everyone in Between Facing friends, bullies, and everyone in between with your scoliosis brace can be a bit of a challenge, but Athena, Amelia, Bronwen, and Frank have some advice to get you through it! _________________________________ Scolios-us is an organization intended to empower scoliosis patients with the tools and resources that Read more about Facing Friends, Bullies, and Everyone in Between[…]
Tips for Telling your Friends & Classmates Just found out that you have to wear a scoliosis brace and haven’t told any friends yet? Don’t worry, we are here to help. You have lots of choices. You can choose to tell only a few friends or you can choose to tell your whole class. The Read more about Tips for Telling your Friends & Classmates[…]
