How Dancer Paige Fraser’s Scoliosis Prepared Her For The Lion King On Broadway
essence.comadulthood before she recognized the trauma her childhood diagnosis of scoliosis caused. Fraser, now 31, has been dancing since she was four years old.
As a toddler, it was something she just enjoyed doing. But at age 10 when her teacher chose her for the role of Clara in The Nutcracker, Fraser started to consider dance as a career.
Just a few years after that dream was taking root in her mind and in her life, she saw that her spine was shaped like the letter S.“It’s like nothing feels off about me,” Fraser recalls thinking at the time. “I’m not in pain, thank God.
Some people are in pain when they have this condition. So it really felt like a random attack that I had no control over.”While doctors immediately suggested surgery, Fraser’s parents, who helped to ground her in that moment, chose to take her to a chiropractor instead.
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