unbalance of the pertinent muscles this invention may be applied to other spine problems in addition to idiopathic scoliosis as this invention permits and accommodates flexing of the spine and simultaneously supplies correcting and straightening forces application_number US 10368705 A description certain physical deformities become apparent in the skeletal shape of the human being that can be traced to unbalances in the musculature one classification of these defonnities is noted as idiopathic scoliosis this invention is directed to overcoming several such physical deformities of the spine including idiopathic scoliosis this invention introduces one or a set of forces that oppose the musculature unbalances that with time cause the skeletal shape to be distorted this said distortion causes other physiological upsets to the human anatomy that may be so severe as to threaten the life of the person if the body does not compensate for these muscle unbalances during the early growth years certain orthotic treatments may be attempted whose purpose is to halt or stimulate other muscle counterbalances if normal growth does not overcome the undesirable muscle unbalances and if orthotic treatments are not successful then surgery may be necessary in the past the surgical approach involved either vertebral modifications including fusion or the implantation of metallic rods and braces or some combination of the two these rods and braces when affixed to the spine are generally rigid and therefore cause some restriction of motion of the body further these implanted rods and braces are subject to revisions if they.