Usain Bolt became a household name for his record-breaking success at the Olympics. He’s been dubbed “the fastest man in the world” and is the proud owner of 8 olympic gold medals. Among the rest of his athletic training, Bolt also battles scoliosis. Scoliosis means Bolt has an abnormal curvature of the spine. Most people […]
Avoiding a surgical procedure Doctors diagnosed Rene Russo with Scoliosis when she was ten. She spoke to Hudson Valley Scoliosis Correction Center about her experiences while wearing a back brace. “I used to put a bra on top of the body cast with falsies in it,” she explained. “Because I wanted to look like I […]
A Presidential Disc Problem Former President George W. Bush had a spine surgery in earl 2013 for a “nagging disc problem.” Sources say the 43rd President of the United States had been dealing with the issue for some time before surgery, according to the Huffington Post and the National Journal. The surgery went along without […]
A Bad Fall and the Pain in the Neck Charlize Theron starred as the mysterious assassin in the 2005 flick Aeon Flux, which meant a lot of action scenes and a lot of stunts. During one of those scenes, Theron fell on her neck in what she has called a “freak accident.” She spoke with […]
Accident on set prompts spine surgery A new father-of-two, George Clooney and his wife Amal are enjoying life only a few years after Clooney went through a spine surgery for debilitating back pain. Clooney still suffers with chronic pain after he injured himself performing his own stunts for the 2005 flick, Syriana. The accident caused […]
