I found this picture on one of the scoliosis pages on facebook and it was used to raise awareness for scoliosis throughout Scoliosis Awareness Month. Even though the month is over, I still really do believe that the Forward Bend Test needs to be reinforced into schools to help people everywhere be diagnosed with scoliosis before it could be to late for any other option to fix it other than surgery. I know if it wasn't for my mum having scoliosis and her getting me to do the forward bend test for her, I may not have gone to my local doctor and then have been referred to my surgeon - and I really can't imagine the pain I could still be in! In my case I had no choice but to have surgery, as my curves were both already over 50 degrees - and that was with 2 years left of development (meaning my curves could have reached about 100 degrees by the end of my development if they kept progressing at the rate they were). So people everywhere, if you have a family history of scoliosis, or just want to make sure you don't have it, it isn't very hard to take ten minutes out of your life just to make sure. Help make others aware of this and prevent others having no choice but surgery like I had!
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