On June 28th, a whole lot of titanium and stainless steel will be marching up Mount Snowden, holding up the spines of a group of Scoli-Warriors in honour of Scoliosis Awareness Month and to raise funds for the Scoliosis Support and Research charity.

Physiotherapist Emily Kyte-Hale will be one of them, completing a challenge she never thought would be possible when she was learning how to walk at the age of 15. She told Reach: “I don't think I ever would have believed it.”

Emily was originally diagnosed with scoliosis, a lateral curvature of the spine, at 14 with a curve so intense she was scheduled for surgery soon after and skipped over the bracing phase most patients do first. This operation fuses the spine with rods, screws and pins to straighten the curvature.

When the fusion ex

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