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Young dancer with scoliosis gets new back brace

Jorie Emmert, 11, loves to dance. When she was 8, her grandmother detected a curve in her back. "I have scoliosis and I wear a back brace," said Emmert. Dr. Michell Welborn, Chief Spine Surgeon at Portland's Shriners Hospital for Children, started Emmert on vitamin D supplements to strengthen her bones. Dr. Welborn also recommended a brace. "And when we first met she had a curve of 35 degrees," said Dr. Welborn. "But because she is such a good brace user. That curve is all the way down to 26." Emmert has worn her brace for 20 hours every day for the past three years. The symptoms of scoliosis are subtle and hard to detect. In the six to nine million Americans affected, it often shows up during growth spurts. For five hours a week, Emmert feels the freedom of dancing without a brace. Her goal is a future without it. Subscribe:    / kgwnews8   Watch the latest KGW newscast: https://www.kgw.com/watch Get the KGW app: https://kgw.com/appredirect