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I had scoliosis surgery in 2010 and blog about my experiences living with scoliosis. My aim is to raise awareness of scoliosis and help/inspire others.
Living with Scoliosis Blog
4y ago
If someone close to you is about to undergo scoliosis surgery, as someone on the “other side” it can be just as daunting to know how best to prepare and what to expect. For this special blog post, I have teamed up with Sanna – she has recently been in the caretaker role for her […]
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4y ago
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. As I’m currently in the midst (and pain!) of marathon training, I’ve found myself getting into a bit of a pre-run routine when it comes to preparing for a long run, so I thought I’d share on here in case the things I’ve picked up are of use to […]
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4y ago
This year marks 10 years since I had life-changing surgery on my spine to correct my scoliosis. I had scoliosis surgery on July 29th 2010. I’m fused T3 to L3, which basically means that pretty much my whole spine is fused apart from 3 discs at the bottom. Following my surgery, it took me over a […]
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4y ago
Happy New Year all! I wanted to reflect back on my 2019 goals and share where I’m at for 2020 (wow!) I’m really proud of everything I achieved in 2019, I managed to run four half marathons, including the Great North Run, which was definitely a highlight of the year. In one of those I […]
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4y ago
5 Self Care Tips for Scoliosis Over the past year, I have been living life on full speed, and as a result, have recently made myself pretty ill and run down. This has been very frustrating for me, as I’ve not been able to run or do the things I enjoy for a while. But […]
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4y ago
“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” Back in June, I wrote a very personal post about how I was feeling following the end of a toxic relationship. As June is nearly 6 months ago now (and 8 months after said relationship ended), I’m feeling reflective […]
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4y ago
Earlier this year, myself and a few others from my run club decided to take part in the Parkrun alphabet challenge. This is basically a challenge to complete a Parkrun for every letter of the alphabet. I love this idea because not only do we get to try some new Parkruns, which keeps it fun […]
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4y ago
One of my challenges this year is to start working my way through the Parkrun Alphabet challenge. For me, this is a fun way to try out some new Parkruns, whilst also seeing a bit more of the UK (and world!!) There are quite a few different Parkruns locally to me (within say an hours […]
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4y ago
So… you may know from past posts that I’m pretty much addicted to Parkrun. If you haven’t heard of Parkrun, it’s a free weekly timed 5k that happens in parks all over the world at 9am on Saturday mornings. I’ve been going to Parkrun for a couple of years on and off, although last year […]
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4y ago
Hi everyone, So for my next challenge… I was very lucky enough to secure a place in the ballot of the Great North Run in September! (In Newcastle Upon Tyne) To say I’m excited is an understatement. This is a huge race and a massive event in the running community. Soooo… I need to up […]
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