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June is Scoliosis Awareness Month, and what better way to celebrate it than to recognise one of our marvellous, award-winning members of staff? Steve Hewitt, Scoliosis Clinical Specialist Orthotist at Sheffield Children’s, has been awarded the British Association of...

Meet Jonathan! A joyful three-and-a-half-year-old who had scoliosis surgery last year and can now do all the things he loves – riding his bike, playing with his brother and sister, and mischievously climbing things that he perhaps shouldn’t climb....

June is Scoliosis Awareness Month! To mark the occasion, we caught up with some of our Sheffield Children’s colleagues who are involved in the treatment of scoliosis. As part of these conversations, we learnt all about how the team...

The day that 16-year-old Olivia had been determined to have a straight spine for finally arrived – her secondary school prom! Olivia, a competitive figure skater, dancer and gymnast, was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 13 after a dressmaker...

Sheffield Children’s is leading a new study to compare two back braces for children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Scoliosis is a condition where the spine curves to the side and twists. It can affect people of any age,...

16-year-old Molly Preston-Davies is taking on a huge personal challenge today (20th August) to say thank you to Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Molly, from Derby, was referred to Sheffield Children’s in February 2018 for developmental dysplasia of the hip, which...

Devan is just about to go home to Scarborough after having an operation on her back for her scoliosis and a stay on our High Dependency Unit and Ward 2. This is Devan’s fifth operation here at Sheffield Children’s...