Scoliosis patients, when notified by their doctor that they need to be treated with a brace have many questions; can a brace replace surgery for scoliosis? The answer is no! Many people believe that bracing can completely correct the deformity, but this is actually a mistake. Bracing does not completely correct the deformity, and the purpose of this treatment is not to correct it, but to control the continued progression of the disease. Of course, the child has to endure a lot of pain during the brace treatment. This is because the principle of bracing is to squeeze the pelvis and thorax on both sides to make the spine grow straighter. During this process, the areas where the force is applied, such as the pelvis and thorax, can produce severe pressure pain, redness, and even hardened skin and localized ulcers. Therefore, treatment with a brace requires a certain amount of mental preparation on the part of both the child and the parents. However, as the body gradually adapts, the discomfort will be reduced. As for the duration of brace wearing, it depends on the age when the brace is started and the effect of the brace. It can be adjusted at any time according to the progress of scoliosis and developmental status. Generally, the brace should be used until the corrective effect is achieved. During the period of wearing the brace, it is necessary to review the brace regularly, and the doctor should adjust the brace according to the correction situation, and if the correction effect is good, it can be considered to take off the brace earlier. Because of the softness of the spine in children and adolescents, the spine may appear to be straight when the brace is worn, but the brace does not provide any lasting correction. In general, even after the patient matures and stops bracing, the angle of the scoliosis may worsen and return to what it was before bracing. It is recommended that orthopedic exercises be performed in conjunction with brace treatment in order to prevent atrophy of the trunk muscles and spinal stiffness caused by prolonged brace wear, and to strengthen the trunk muscles to counteract scoliosis through training. Targeted orthopedic correction can also loosen the scoliosis and selectively strengthen the muscles of the spine that maintain posture. By strengthening the sacrospinal muscles, abdominal muscles, psoas major muscles and lumbar square muscles on the convex side, the contracted muscles, ligaments and other soft tissues on the concave side can be loosened, so as to achieve a balance of the muscle strength on the two sides of the torso.