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Last May, Thais Diehm took her daughter, Preslee Harris, for her first-grade physical

During the checkup, the doctor asked the 6-year-old to bend over and touch her toes. That’s when she noticed a slight bump on her back

Not much later, she was diagnosed with scoliosis — a sideways curve of the spine, according to the Mayo Clinic

Last May, Thais Diehm took her daughter, Preslee Harris, for her first-grade physical. During the checkup, the doctor asked 6-year-old Harris to bend over and touch her toes. That’s when she noticed a slight bump on her back.

Her pediatrician ordered X-rays, which revealed spinal curves of 12 degrees at the top, 17 in the middle and 14 at the bottom, with the middle curve being the most pronounced. Soon after, Harris was diagnosed with scoliosi

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