Patient Reviews & Published Stories 2009

Gruelling treatment has helped Jack to walk tall once more
Portsmouth News on 6th January 2009
Teenager Jack Milton's life was turned upside down when he was diagnosed with a crippling spine condition. At the age of 15, Jack was told his spine had started to compress and bend into an 'S' shape, causing him excruciating pain. But the student's life was transformed after he discovered a unique treatment which has improved his condition. Now he's able to climb and stay active thanks to a treatment which has given him a remarkable new lease of life. Read more

Work-outs save rugby-mad Hannah from spine op!
Western Mail on 16th March 2009
A SPINAL defect threatened to wreck Hannah Chapman’s chances of ever playing her beloved rugby again – until she found what she believes is a revolutionary new treatment. The 15-year-old Swansea schoolgirl is today able to enjoy an active life thanks to an exercise-based treatment for spine curvature that spared her a major operation to install metal rods in her back. Read more

Spine disease battle of sporty Sonia
Uxbridge Gazette on 22nd April 2009
Sonia Shah was just 13 years old when she started to develop scoliosis. She had been playing sport at a youth club since she was seven, but when she started getting out of breath easily and noticed her ribs had rotated out of place, she knew something was badly wrong. Facing surgery Sonia’s parents desperately searched for an alternative and came across Scoliosis SOS. Since coming for treatment Sonia’s life has dramatically improved and she is now completely pain free. Read more

New Malden girl’s scoliosis success with spine exercises
Surrey Comet on 18th July 2009
Brave Caterina La Barbera’s world was turned upside down last August, when her mother Ritzy noticed a bone sticking out of her daughter’s back and discovered her spine had started to bend to the right. Shattered by the news, the family began researching Caterina’s condition in an effort to find out what other options might be available. Desperate to avoid major spinal fusion surgery Caterina and her family turned to SOS. Read more

Dame’s scoliosis solved by SOS
Western Mail on 27th April 2009
Dame Anne Evans is one of Britain’s most successful opera singers, enjoying a career that has seen her perform at the world’s leading opera houses. But the 67-year-old Welsh soprano has also spent her life secretly battling a painful and severe spinal condition. Dame Anne spoke to health editor Madeleine Brindley about scoliosis and the non-surgical treatment which has transformed her life. Read more

Lauren is back in the saddle without an op
Mid Devon Gazette on 30th July 2009
Lauren Allanson-Bailey, 14, a young show jumper from the Culm Valley has avoided scoliosis surgery which could have prevented her ever riding again. Specialists had told her that a major operation, which involved inserting metal rods to fuse her vertebrae together, was the only option. A solid section of spine would leave limited flexibility in Lauren's back, making riding dangerous or even impossible. But after an intense four-week programme of tailored exercises with Scoliosis SOS, a specialist clinic in Suffolk, Lauren is riding again. Read more

Spinal victim praises clinic lessons
The Press and Journal on 6th August 2009
Posture exercises help Perthshire man control his painful condition. Greg Price first complained of back pains at the age of 13, and was diagnosed with scoliosis - a severe spinal curvature. With little help from his doctors, he grew to live with the problem. Now in his 40's, Greg praises specialists at a clinic in England who taught him how to improve his posture and eradicate his pain. Read more

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