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Rose Carr

Rose Carr

October 14, 2020 Patient Stories

Hey there! My name is Rose, and this is a summary of my scoliosis story! In the summer of 2018 at the age of 12, I was diagnosed with type 4 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis after seeing a Pediatrician and an Orthopedic Surgeon who specialized in spinal deformities....

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Charlee Fraser

Charlee Fraser

September 17, 2020 Patient Stories

Charlee Fraser is an Indigenous Australian international supermodel that has scoliosis. Charlee has walked the catwalk for some of the most famous designers and graced the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire and many more....

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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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Ava Tyler

Ava Tyler

August 12, 2020 Patient Stories

In October of 2017, I was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis, which means that at some point during my growth my spine developed a large curve, instead of growing in a linear direction....

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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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Lauren Higginson

Lauren Higginson

July 24, 2020 Patient Stories

I was thirteen. It was “that day” that would forever change the rest of my life. Gym class was interrupted so that a nurse could screen everyone for scoliosis, whatever that was....

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Emme Neumann

Emme Neumann

May 8, 2020 Patient Stories

Life with Scoliosis For an hour my mom and I sat in the car just crying until we had no more tears left. Just an ordinary day for everyone else but for me it felt like the end of the world. After a two hour appointment with a back specialist…...

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Katie Dowell

Katie Dowell

April 14, 2020 Patient Stories

Hello, My name is Katie Dowell and I am running for Mrs. Texas. Representing Houston County. Which is located in Deep East Texas or like we call it “paradise in the pines”.  I was diagnosed through a routine screening performed at school when I was 11 years old. My first…...

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Sequoia Kriss

Sequoia Kriss

March 23, 2020 Patient Stories

Hello, my name is Sequoia Kriss. I am 17 years old and I had Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis.   It was the summer going into my 6th grade year in elementary school. My sister, Sierra, and I were being silly and dancing to made up music in our heads. As she spun…...

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