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Mattel, the makers of Barbie, has introduced its first-ever doll with scoliosis. The toy company launched its new Chelsea doll, who is Barbie’s little sister, with a curved spine and a removable back brace. Mattel worked closely with a specialist in children’s complex spinal disorders to develop the doll. We can’t currently find the doll […]
My name is Anna, and for Scoliosis Awareness Month 2023, I want to share my story. I was first diagnosed with scoliosis when I was 9 years old. Throughout the next year, I had regular X-Rays, MRI scans, and appointments with a spinal consultant. However, the curvature in my spine developed rapidly, to 80 degrees. […]
My 3-year-old daughter Allie has infantile early onset thoracolumbar scoliosis. Allie was a happy, healthy baby when she was born but had a very prominent birth mark on the base of her spine. When she was about 4 months old my sister felt a lump on the baby’s side, like her back was sticking out […]
My daughter Grace is 5 years old and was born with infantile idiopathic scoliosis. Grace is the second youngest of my 7 children and I could tell there was something different about her soon after she was born. My concerns were waved off at first but when Grace was 5 months old and trying to […]
Quinn, my daughter, was diagnosed with scoliosis in September, 2020, just before her 6th birthday. We hadn’t noticed a curve developing and she hadn’t before complained of any pain or discomfort. The morning Quinn did complain, I had a quick look before school and made an appointment with the GP thinking she had simply pulled […]
Emma’s son Bertie was born with a 34 degree curve, considered severe in someone so young, and had progressed to 55 degrees before casting was advised. After 22 months in a cast his curve has reduced to 30 degrees. Emma shares her advice for taking care of a child in a cast. Introduction When Bertie […]
Donna and Jody’s baby, Charlie, was just 3 ½ months old when he was diagnosed with infantile scoliosis. They waited anxiously for another 3 months to see if his scoliosis would self-resolve, but unfortunately it was progressive. They have shared their insight into the casting process and treatment with us. Finding out that our tiny […]
My name is Leah and I have infantile thoracic scoliosis. I was diagnosed at 10 months old, I had a plaster cast brace and neck support, however, my curve was progressing too quickly and so I two spinal surgeries at age 5. During the surgery, bone was placed between the vertebrae of my spine to […]
Naomi was diagnosed when she was 3 years old. Her mum noticed a rib hump when she was giving her a bath, when it didn’t go away, they took her to the hospital and Naomi was diagnosed with scoliosis. Naomi was braced initially from the age of 4 to 9. At that point, the specialists […]
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