16-year-old Amy Hossain had a dream—and that dream was to become a ballroom dance champion. She loved to dance more than anything, and never felt more alive than when she was on the dance floor.
She started dancing at a very young age, and according to Daily Mail UK, traveled as a young child to different ballroom dancing competitions across Europe.
But then, one day, everything changed—she started experiencing sharp pain in her back and found it difficult to maintain balance. This made dancing an almost impossible feat.
After discussing the alarming pain to her mentor and dance teacher, she and her family knew she had to see a doctor and uncover what was causing her such pain and agony.
According to Daily Mail UK, she learned her spine was curved, and she was officially diagnosed with scoliosis.
As if this news wasn’t already devastating enough, doctors then informed her that she could have her spine straightened out, but only if they performed a nine-hour operation. Also, there was a catch—if they performed the surgery, they would need to give her a back brace and a wheelchair, meaning she would not be able to dance.
Hearing that she would have to give up her dream didn’t sit well with Hossain. So, she decided to explore her options and discovered a specialist clinic in London.
According to Daily Mail UK, she went to the Scoliosis SOS clinic, which was founded by Erika Maude, a woman who also had experienced scoliosis pain.
This clinic offered an alternative method to assuage the back pain Hossain was dealing with. This method involved exercises that they claimed, would stop the scoliosis from worsening.
With her dream of dancing back on as a possibility, Hossain decided to give the special exercises a try. Fortunately, after a mere two courses, she claims to have had a noticeable difference in her back, Daily Mail UK reported.
Beaming with joy, Hossain knew what this meant—she could dance again.
Hossain, along with her dance partner, went on to compete in international dance competitions, and even finished 16th in the world in under-19 ballroom dancing in Paris.
