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patient stories

Patient Story: Maura P

I wish I could tell you the next few years are easy, that you find out you have this condition and you move on with your life, as if none of it had ever happened. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. I don’t want to lie: the next few years, you…...

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Patient Story: Dickie Davis

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....

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Patient Story: Alyssa F

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....

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Patient Story: Taylor W

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....

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Patient Story: Sommer S

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…...

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Patient Story: Morgan S

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....

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Patient Story: Jane F

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…...

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Patient Story: Jules G

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....

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Patient Story: Diana Shalkivska

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…...

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Patient Story: Monisha S

My name is Monisha 20 years old from India. I was diagnosed with Scoliosis. I have idiopathic scoliosis it is a deformity of the spine and nobody knows what caused it to curve. I was having a lot of hip and back pain....

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