Max's scoliosis requires surgery before his curve impacts his internal organs and becomes life threatening. It means inserting metal rods along the length of his spine. It's nasty, invasive surgery leaving a scar the full length of his back. He will require repeated surgeries every 3 to 6 months to lengthen the rods through his growth spurt from age 8 until12 and beyond. Ultimately he'll likely require his spine fused solid and be left with life-long disability and pain management.


There's no cure or management in the UK - just observation until surgery is required. I know from my last few years of research that there are routes to a better outcome. Dedicated, multi-disciplinary scoliosis centres addressing physical, neurological and genetic influences. We've had one intensive therapy trip of 3 weeks that reduced his curve by around 50%. With that knowledge, irreversible surgery with life-long problems is simply not an option.


I took Max to America January16th for 3 weeks. Max had immediate results and continues to improve - meaning he doesn't need have the barbaric surgery we do here in the UK. You can follow his story to date on his Facebook page 'Maxipotential'. I invite you to follow. It's amazing, fascinating and lovely to see his progress. Ultimately, I hope it will help a lot more people as I transition Max's fund into a charity to spearhead innovation in the UK.


£50k secures travel, accommodation and his intensive therapy clinics out there, £7,500 for replacement 3D braces, approx £4,500 for an adapted wheelchair, and approx £5,500 for car adaptations. He will then require daily visits to attend his exercises, costing around £30,000. If he requires less-invasive keyhole surgery available in America we will raise more.