Shout outs to…

scoli-hero-adventure:

Everyone with a 70+ degree curve!

Everyone with a 40-60+ degree curve!

Everyone with a 20-30+ degree curve!

Everyone with a curve under 20 degrees!

You all have curves in that spine of yours and I don’t want you to ever feel like you’re more dysfunctional because you have a bigger curve or you’re a whiner because you have a smaller curve. Everyone with scoliosis, from 20 degree curves to humongous curves that can be even over 80 degrees, still goes through back pain every day and still has those adverse effects from the curved spine. Too many times I’ve talked to people with scoliosis, and after I say mine is 70 degrees they say something like “Oh, mine’s only 40!” or “Mine curve is barely 25, I shouldn’t complain.” No, you go ahead and complain! It doesn’t matter how big your curve is or how much pain you’re in. What matters is that we all still have scoliosis in common, and you shouldn’t be afraid to talk about it just because yours isn’t as severe as someone else.

As a friend of mine always said, “If you decided not to eat until all the starving kids in Africa were fed, you wouldn’t be helping anyone!”