Scoliosis Orthosis Wearing Holes in Clothes
Samantha Wright
Description
Collection
Title:
Scoliosis Orthosis Wearing Holes in Clothes
Creator:
Samantha Wright
Date:
5/4/2017
Text:
Hello!
Does anyone have a solution to prevent clothes from wearing out when worn over a scoliosis orthosis?
The chafes/straps on the posterior of the orthosis are wearing holes in my patient's shirts. We switched from plastic chafes to dacron, but that did not help. She wears a camisole over top of the orthosis and then a loose fitting shirt, and the orthosis wears holes through both. We suspect this is from sitting in a chair with a hard back at school. We sewed longer straps and moved the chafes lateral so that they would not touch the chair when she sits; we will see if this helps. We were also thinking of making chafes out of a different material (leather?) that would be softer/lower profile.
Please let me know if anyone has encountered this problem before and has come up with a good solution!
Thanks,
Sam, MPO, Resident CPO
________________________________
Samantha Wright
Northern Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc.
<Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>>
517 927 7973
Does anyone have a solution to prevent clothes from wearing out when worn over a scoliosis orthosis?
The chafes/straps on the posterior of the orthosis are wearing holes in my patient's shirts. We switched from plastic chafes to dacron, but that did not help. She wears a camisole over top of the orthosis and then a loose fitting shirt, and the orthosis wears holes through both. We suspect this is from sitting in a chair with a hard back at school. We sewed longer straps and moved the chafes lateral so that they would not touch the chair when she sits; we will see if this helps. We were also thinking of making chafes out of a different material (leather?) that would be softer/lower profile.
Please let me know if anyone has encountered this problem before and has come up with a good solution!
Thanks,
Sam, MPO, Resident CPO
________________________________
Samantha Wright
Northern Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc.
<Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>>
517 927 7973
Citation
Samantha Wright, “Scoliosis Orthosis Wearing Holes in Clothes,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/242976.
