A MOMENT THAT CHANGED ME: I STARTED YOGA – AND SAW MY SCOLIOSIS IN A SURPRISING NEW LIGHT
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AT A GLANCE
As a teenager I declined a painful operation to straighten my spinal curvature, and it was a decision I sometimes regretted. But through daily stretching and exercise, my relationship with my body was transformed I was 13 when a spinal surgeon gave me unsolicited career advice.
“Scoliosis won’t ruin your life,” he said, peering over his spectacles, “unless you want to do bikini modelling.” As a young teenager, I hadn’t thought much about job prospects, let alone modelling, but his words stung. It also curdled my situation into a lose-lose scenario: either have a painful operation to fuse metal rods with my spine, or endure a lifetime with an abnormally twisted back. Until this point, I’d perceived my spinal curvature in terms of the inward experience: pain.
KEY FACTS
- Topic: UK — the feed headline centres on MOMENT, CHANGED, STARTED, YOGA, SCOLIOSIS.
- Original feed: The Guardian.
- Published: 15 Jul 2026, 06:45 UK.
- Coverage checked: 1 distinct source and 0 closely matched related stories.
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- The Guardian: As a teenager I declined a painful operation to straighten my spinal curvature, and it was a decision I sometimes regretted.
- The Guardian: But through daily stretching and exercise, my relationship with my body was transformed I was 13 when a spinal surgeon gave me unsolicited career advice.
- The Guardian: “Scoliosis won’t ruin your life,” he said, peering over his spectacles, “unless you want to do bikini modelling.” As a young teenager, I hadn’t thought much about job prospects, let alone modelling, but his words stung.
- The Guardian: It also curdled my situation into a lose-lose scenario: either have a painful operation to fuse metal rods with my spine, or endure a lifetime with an abnormally twisted back.
- The Guardian: Until this point, I’d perceived my spinal curvature in terms of the inward experience: pain.
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