After almost a decade of back pain, Roz Couch, 37, has avoided major surgery and helped herself to a better back following revolutionary treatment at Scoliosis SOS, a Suffolk clinic dedicated to treating scoliosis through a tailored exercise programme.

Roz has a condition known as scoliosis, excessive curvature of the spine, a condition that affects around three percent of the population, which often becomes apparent in teen years.  Normal treatment is to wait until the curve becomes severe and then operate, involving metal rods being inserted down either side of the spine

At thirteen Roz’s ballet teacher noticed that her hips were out of line and she was diagnosed a few months later. For two years, Roz wore a back brace fitted from her chest to the top of the thigh for twenty three hours a day.

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