patient stories

As my 10 year annual check up began to creep up on me I was bombarded by thoughts of what kind of shot I was going to get. I had a fear of any kind of shots. Am I just getting a finger prick? What if I was due for…...

Hi, My name is Chaheti Mathur, and I am a high schooler from California. Since I was 7 years old, I have been a singer and vocalist. I was diagnosed with idiopathic lumbar scoliosis at age 11 in a school physical exam, but my spine was only curved one degree…...

I was just four years old when my general physician diagnosed me with idiopathic scoliosis. At the time, neither my parents nor I knew what it was. All we knew was that we needed to attend follow-up appointments every six months to monitor the curve before it became too severe....

At the University of Michigan hospital, a ten-year-old me had her world turned upside down when I was diagnosed with scoliosis. I love baton twirling more than anything else. My afternoons were spent practicing in my backyard, imagining myself twirling in front of cheering fans at football games....

In 2016, when I first discovered scoliosis, it was December 26th in Tunisia. I didn't know what scoliosis was. There was no information available, and even the doctor didn't provide much explanation. He simply said that I had curves measuring 40 and 37 degrees and that I needed surgery,...

As a 13-year old girl my scoliosis journey was not easy.  Instead, it was extremely difficult, both physically and emotionally.  Sixteen hours or more of bracing every day impacted every aspect of my life including my relationships with friends, participation in sports, focusing in school, and eating and sleeping....

In the first year of my life, I was diagnosed with a rare bone dysplasia which manifested itself in my spine. Later identified as Kyphoscoliosis Kozlowski type, I had a severe curve both in the lumbar and thoracic region of my spine creating an “S” shaped spine. The prognosis was…...

My name is Lauren D’Amico Ozga and I’m a NJ Native and Ms. New Jersey! Here is a little bit more about me and my scoliosis journey: I was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 10 which means I was starting the 5th grade....

When I was seven years old, my mother noticed something on my back. When I bent down, the right side of my back stayed higher, forming a small hump. My mom took me to a school nurse in my hometown in Finland. From there, we were directed to the local…...

For me, it all started in 2008 when I was 10 years old. I went in for an appendectomy and for the pre-op testing, I was required to get a chest X-ray. That is when I got diagnosed with scoliosis. The journey for me though began a year later....