Prehab Before the Tether: Can Lungs Be Trained Like Hamstrings?

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Anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT) has become the cool, motion-preserving cousin in the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) family. No fusion. Growth modulation. Happy parents. Excited kids. And then…the chest reminds us who’s really in charge.

Because AVBT is, at its heart, a thoracic operation. And the lungs? They always send the bill.