Olivia’s Story
I always wanted to be a dancer, so when I was 12 and my doctor told me that I had Scoliosis, I was heartbroken. I instantly thought the worst; I would have to give up my dreams of being a dancer and have an operation on my spine. Luckily, this is when I was introduced to SpineCor by Dr Mills & Dr Cole at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
I was reassured straight away that I could wear the brace and could carry on with all of my activities as normal, even dancing! The first night that I got my brace fitted I went to dance class. Walking into my class I felt so self conscious. So many thoughts were going through my head, like how will I be able to move in the brace, and will everyone stare at me and treat me differently? I soon realised that the brace let me move around freely, I could dance just as good in it as I could when I wasn’t wearing it, and it actually gave me extra support, especially with good posture which is a vital part of being a dancer.
People did stare when I was wearing the brace, and there were a lot of questions at first. It was embarrassing to be so different, but everyone reassured me and was extremely supportive, especially when I told them about Scoliosis and what SpineCor does to help me with it, and still be able to dance. They were amazed it gave me this freedom whilst also helping me with my curves.
The brace gave me some blisters and was a bit uncomfortable at first, but my body soon got used to wearing it and I barely even noticed when it was on after a few weeks. It was easy to wear under all of my clothes, meaning that no one at school knew I had a back brace on unless I told them.
My SpineCor back brace experience has been so positive. I know that at the beginning of my treatment I was anxious about what other people would think about me wearing a back brace, but I found that by acting confident when people asked questions and thinking positively about SpineCor, it made wearing the brace so much easier. SpineCor has allowed me to continue training as a dancer for up to 20 hours per week. While wearing the brace I have won many dance competitions including the English ballet championships twice, the English modern championships and Genee Dance Challenge, which I’m really proud of.
Towards May 2011 (a few months before my sixteenth birthday) I had pretty much stopped growing and was allowed to stop wearing the brace. I was extremely pleased with the results of my upper and lower spinal curves. Wearing the SpineCor brace hadn’t worsened my curves and it meant that I could avoid the surgery. Shortly after I stopped wearing my brace I got accepted into one of the top full time dance schools in the UK; The Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, I won the title of Young Dancer of the Year and I also made it through to the live semi finals of Sky 1’s ‘Got to Dance’ competition!
Olivia’s Story
I always wanted to be a dancer, so when I was 12 and my doctor told me that I had Scoliosis, I was heartbroken. I instantly thought the worst; I would have to give up my dreams of being a dancer and have an operation on my spine. Luckily, this is when I was introduced to SpineCor by Dr Mills & Dr Cole at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
I was reassured straight away that I could wear the brace and could carry on with all of my activities as normal, even dancing! The first night that I got my brace fitted I went to dance class. Walking into my class I felt so self conscious. So many thoughts were going through my head, like how will I be able to move in the brace, and will everyone stare at me and treat me differently? I soon realised that the brace let me move around freely, I could dance just as good in it as I could when I wasn’t wearing it, and it actually gave me extra support, especially with good posture which is a vital part of being a dancer.
People did stare when I was wearing the brace, and there were a lot of questions at first. It was embarrassing to be so different, but everyone reassured me and was extremely supportive, especially when I told them about Scoliosis and what SpineCor does to help me with it, and still be able to dance. They were amazed it gave me this freedom whilst also helping me with my curves.
The brace gave me some blisters and was a bit uncomfortable at first, but my body soon got used to wearing it and I barely even noticed when it was on after a few weeks. It was easy to wear under all of my clothes, meaning that no one at school knew I had a back brace on unless I told them.
My SpineCor back brace experience has been so positive. I know that at the beginning of my treatment I was anxious about what other people would think about me wearing a back brace, but I found that by acting confident when people asked questions and thinking positively about SpineCor, it made wearing the brace so much easier. SpineCor has allowed me to continue training as a dancer for up to 20 hours per week. While wearing the brace I have won many dance competitions including the English ballet championships twice, the English modern championships and Genee Dance Challenge, which I’m really proud of.
Towards May 2011 (a few months before my sixteenth birthday) I had pretty much stopped growing and was allowed to stop wearing the brace. I was extremely pleased with the results of my upper and lower spinal curves. Wearing the SpineCor brace hadn’t worsened my curves and it meant that I could avoid the surgery. Shortly after I stopped wearing my brace I got accepted into one of the top full time dance schools in the UK; The Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, I won the title of Young Dancer of the Year and I also made it through to the live semi finals of Sky 1’s ‘Got to Dance’ competition!
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The SpineCorporation Limited
Millennium House | Peak Business Park
Foxwood Road | Chesterfield | S41 9RF