patient stories

My name is Natalie Jiang. When I was nine, my sister was diagnosed with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. She wore a Wilmington brace for a year and a half, during which I witnessed her discomfort while wearing her new shell. Despite feeling empathy for her struggles,...

My name is Elena Roloff, and my Scoliosis story began in mid July at a waterpark in Wisconsin, with a twelve year old version of myself. While I was preparing to showcase an epic cannonball into the shallow pool cramped with more bodies than water, my 16-year-old sister blurted, with…...

Hi, my name is Julia Curtis, and I love to sing, paint, shop, and travel. I also have idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. I remember vividly the day my pediatrician ordered x-rays for my back after suspecting I might have scoliosis when I was 12. Sure enough, I would need bracing to…...