Patient Stories

Every year my school district requires a physical from a pediatrician. Here, they do all the basic measurements and tests necessary to ensure I am healthy. At my physical for the start of middle school (sixth grade),...

In 1962 at the age of 11, Dickie embarked on a 900-mile journey with her family from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to Houston, TX, where the renowned Dr. Paul Harrington performed corrective surgery on her....

My name is Alyssa, but most people call me Aly, I will soon be a Junior in highschool, and I wanted to express my story of struggling, and overcoming scoliosis, in hopes others may be able to relate....

My name is Taylor Wells, and my journey has been challenging. It began as a 15-year-old, full of vigor and passion for wrestling. Life seemed typical until a single video on TikTok shook my world. One late night, a video popped up as I was mindlessly scrolling through TikTok....

My name is Sommer Sachs, I grew up in a small town in Michigan, I was very involved with sports at a very young age but out of everything that I did golf stuck with me and I started playing at the age of 5. I played golf year-round even…...

My name is Morgan and I found out I had scoliosis in 2013. They had me do months of physical therapy but that didn’t help so they scheduled me for surgery. I had my 1st surgery that same year, resulting in 2 rods and 24 screws from T2-L2....

Since first grade, I was diagnosed with scoliosis. It started off with me experiencing back pain once in a while and my mom noticing that my posture was very bad compared to other children. We went to the doctor and just at 5 years old I had an S curve…...

I was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of two, but the diagnosis didn’t really mean anything to me. I knew I always had scoliosis, but it never directly affected me, so luckily I was able to lead a normal life....

Since first grade, I was diagnosed with scoliosis. It started off with me experiencing back pain once in a while and my mom noticing that my posture was very bad compared to other children. We went to the doctor and just at 5 years old I had an S curve…...