We have now been doing the Schroth exercises Debs taught us for a month.  I say ‘we’ because although Chris is the one actually doing the exercises, either me or my husband (Mr DIY) always watch and help him.  He has definitely grown stronger over the month and can now do the Long Hang and St Andrews Cross very well.  He still dislikes a couple of the other exercises and we have to nag him to do them, but he generally gets there in the end.

So that we can track his progress over the coming months and years I am taking a photo of his back every month and also recording his height.  When we measured him we were surprised to find he had grown 1cm in just 4 weeks.  I don’t know if that is because he is starting to straighten out a bit, or just that he is entering into a growth spurt…but either way I am very glad that we are supporting his spine with exercise at this key time.