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Ashley Szoke

Ashley Szoke’s Patient Story

October 30, 2025 Patient Stories

I was around 13 when I first found out I had scoliosis. At the time, I didn’t really know what it meant. I just remember the doctor showing me an X-ray and pointing out how my spine served like the letter “S”. It was scary and confusing. I knew I…...

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Patient Story: Ella Etemovic

May 28, 2025 Patient Stories

It was the year of 2020 when I was 12 years old that I was diagnosed with scoliosis. I remember looking in the mirror and seeing how my waist, hips and shoulders were uneven, and I had a rib hump. 12-year-old me did not even know what scoliosis was and…...

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Sophia Ling

Patient Story: Sophia Ling

May 9, 2025 Patient Stories

Hi, my name is Sophia. I’m 14 years old from Hong Kong, and I was diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis at age 12. I was prescribed a full-time WCR brace and physical therapy. I had heard from the doctors that scoliosis was something that couldn’t be cured, and the best…...

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Bryce Purty

Patient Story: Bryce Purty

December 25, 2024 Patient Stories

At just 12 years old, I discovered that I had idiopathic scoliosis. Quickly being reassured by my pediatrician, I left the children’s hospital not worrying about this. Apparently, a lot of people had scoliosis and are completely fine, so nothing was going to happen to me, right?...

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Sarah T

Sarah T

May 3, 2021 Patient Stories

On June 9, 2020 my life and world drastically changed. Life threw me a curve. Let me start from the beginning. My name is Samantha Dring. I am fifteen years old. I am a swimmer....

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Paige Fraser

Paige Fraser

February 23, 2021 Patient Stories

On June 9, 2020 my life and world drastically changed. Life threw me a curve. Let me start from the beginning. My name is Samantha Dring. I am fifteen years old. I am a swimmer....

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Rachel L

Rachel L

November 23, 2020 Patient Stories

I was diagnosed with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in 2013, when I was 12 years old. Although my spine had been straight less than a year earlier at my annual physical appointment, I suddenly had a curvature of over 50 degrees....

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Kaitlyn Sequeria

Kaitlyn Sequeria

August 19, 2020 Patient Stories

Hi! My name is Kaitlyn. I was diagnosed with scoliosis when I was 12. I was told that I had a 57-degree curvature in my spine, and I would need surgery to correct it....

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Joyce Sierra

Joyce Sierra

August 7, 2020 Patient Stories

I am Joyce Arrieta Sierra, I am from Barranquilla, Colombia and I have lived in Miami for 5 years....

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Stephanie Tam

Stephanie Tam

July 31, 2020 Patient Stories

The day that I found out that I had scoliosis was not the worst day of my life. Not what you were expecting, right? Likewise, the journey I had...

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