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Let Go of What No Longer Serves You.

When I was 13 my mom discovered I had some back issues and we went to the doctors to get it checked out. After x-rays we found out that I had scoliosis (like so many others) and Scheuermann's disease. Sounds a lot scarier than it is. Scheuermann's disease is a curvature in the vertebrae that can develop in childhood, mine is at the top of my back which makes it hard to stand or sit up really straight. This information stayed with me and always made me very self-conscious of my posture.  About 2 months ago I was at an expo and went to a chiropractor booth where they do a test on your spine and posture. I explained to the chiro what was wrong with my back and he didn't believe that I had Scheuermann's disease, he suggested I go for x-rays again as he didn't see my curve as anything beyond an 'average' posture. He couldn't seem to see the hunch that I had been carrying with me for almost 20 years! I couldn't believe it. I then researched it a little a