Type of scoliosis : Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Hi, my name is Amber, and I am 16 years old. Back in 2021, I was on holiday when my mum noticed my uneven shoulders. When we got back, we went straight to the doctors and a couple of months later I was diagnosed with a severe double curve at 50 degrees at the top […]

I was never embarrassed or scared to have braces, in fact, I was happy to get them. Everybody else had metal squares on their teeth, they all looked okay so why shouldn’t I? Finding out I needed braces for my teeth was just another excuse to get an afternoon off school when I finally got […]

After complaining for years about chronic nerve pain down my arms and back, when I was 13, I went to my local osteopath where she suspected that I had scoliosis. Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine and in my case, it was idiopathic, meaning the cause was unknown. I immediately was taken to Oswestry hospital where an […]

I have always loved fashion, from my crazy outfit pairings of leopard print leggings and bright red doc Martin boots as a toddler (I still kind of love my younger self’s bold fashion choices) to starting my styling blog on Instagram, inspired by the community on the social media app, especially the women of my […]

Louise was diagnosed at 14 with a 70 degree curve. The specialists recommended surgery but her parents weren’t comfortable with that so instead she went back to the specialist every year for the next decade to check if it was progressing. ‘I felt really alone and really scared throughout this. I felt like I was […]

It all started when I used to complain to my mum that one of my hips stuck out. As my ever-supportive mother, she would reassure me that I was just growing, and that it would even out. Then one day during a volleyball game, as I was bending forward to serve, my PE teacher noticed […]

Clara Spacey’s cousin Emily Tanner is studying Fashion Communication at Northumbria University and took photos of her and interviewed her about how her perception of ‘true beauty’ changed since being diagnosed with scoliosis. “I’d just stepped out of the shower when my mum noticed my shoulders weren’t level,” said 15-year-old Clara from Gainsborough. It takes […]

In the Autumn of 2019, Alice Fevronia made it all the way to the final of the tenth series of the Great British Bake Off. This was the pinnacle of a journey that started when she was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 16. ‘I was just looking in the mirror one day and I thought […]

I don’t remember living in a body that doesn’t hurt. I was 13 years old in 1988 when I first felt pain in my back. I was diagnosed with scoliosis at my first spinal specialist appointment, I distinctly remember seeing the C shaped curve on my X-ray. I spent the following two years in and […]

I am 18 years old now but was just 12 when I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis with a curve of 45°. It was found later that I had a hind-brain hernia and Syrinx at the top of my spinal cord. For the next 2 years my condition was monitored and as the Syrinx had […]