A brace for supporting a patients spine. The brace includes a band having a central back portion, a left abdominal portion, and a right abdominal portion. The band tapers over the left and right portions from wider rearward ends to narrower forward ends. The abdominal portions have complementary fasteners adjacent the corresponding forward ends for joining the portions. The brace has a rigid dorsal panel attached to the central back portion of the band and extending upward from a lower end aligned with the lower edge of band, upward to an upper end. The upper end and the lower end are spaced by a distance corresponding to a distance between a sacrococcygeal junction and a position below the patients third thoracic vertebra. The brace also includes left and right rigid vertical stays, left and right shoulder straps, and left and right closure straps.
