(Minghui.org) A hunchback is a common form of spinal deformity that can be congenital or caused by spinal trauma or tuberculosis. It not only affects the sufferer’s appearance, vision, and freedom of movement but may also lead to paraplegia if it gets bad enough.

Treatment for hunchback usually includes posture correction, orthosis correction, and/or surgery. Surgical correction can be a bit risky, especially for the elderly with a 90-degree hunchback.

However, there are a group of people whose hunchbacks have straightened up without medication, corrective devices or exercises, or surgical procedures. They achieved this through practicing Falun Dafa, an ancient spiritual and meditation discipline.

“My Back Straightened”

Ms. Sun Xiulan, in her 70s, attended the Falun Dafa lecture series in January 1994 in Tianjin. She suffered from typhoid fever as a child and became deaf as a result. Years of hard work gradually turned her into someone with a 90-degree hunchback.

When Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, started the lecture, Ms. Sun could hardly hear anything even though she tried her best.

Just then, she heard Master Li said, “Someone’s ears are deaf. I’ll let her hear right now.” As Master was saying these words, Ms. Sun realized she was able to hear again! She listened attentively and took everything Master Li said to heart. The more she listened, the more she wanted to listen.

At the end of the lecture, Ms. Sun felt somewhat different. She asked people sitting around her, “Do you think I have grown a bit taller?”

“No, it’s your hunchback that has become straight!” they told her.

Ms. Sun couldn’t believe what they said, but when she took a look at herself, she was stunned to see that her hunchback had indeed straightened!

The Hunchback of a Woman in Her 70s Straightened

In addition to the lectures in Tianjin, Master Li went to Wuhan City, Hubei Province three times and personally ran five Falun Dafa lecture series. Many practitioners in Wuhan experienced the miraculous healing power of Dafa.

There was a woman in her 70s who attended one of the classes. Her back was severely damaged, dislocated, and hunched. She was always in great pain. This woman used to work as a nurse, and yet there was nothing she could do to relieve her own pain. The reason she attended the Falun Dafa class was to ask Master Li to cure her illness.

One day when she was doing the Falun Dafa exercises, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her back. It was so intense that she passed out on the spot. Fellow practitioners quickly sent her home for a rest. While lying in bed, she saw Master Li’s law body coming to her side with a disciple. Master’s law body asked the disciple to pick her up and turn her upside down before putting her back to bed. She saw Master’s law body adjusting her body and felt some pain. Then, she heard a “click,” and her dislocated spine became straight and she felt very relaxed.

The next day, this woman went to the park to do the exercises again. Fellow practitioners were all amazed to see the bulge on her back had disappeared!

“With a ‘Bang,’ My Back Straightened and I Was Able to Stand Up”

My name is Li Meifang from Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. I was on the brink of death in 1994, as my body was plagued with all kinds of illnesses. I had problems with my kidneys and my liver; my lumbar intervertebral disc was herniated so badly that I could hardly move and had to lie on my stomach; I had also suffered malnutrition for a long time, and my hemoglobin count was as low as 4 grams per liter of blood, with the normal concentration between 11 and 16 grams per liter of blood; I also had glaucoma, which made my vision blurry. When I wanted to see something, I had to cover my eyes with my hands, leaving only a slit; otherwise, I could not open my eyes as if they were being hit by a strong wind.

I went to seek help in many big hospitals, but all doctors who treated me told me the same thing – “Just take care of yourself,” meaning that my condition was beyond cure. My life was so miserable and helpless at that time.

One day at the beginning of 1995, my husband took me to Beihu Park for a stroll. I noticed a big banner on a tree that read, “Falun Dafa.” I didn’t know what it meant, but I thought instantly: I want to learn “Falun Dafa.”

I let go of my husband’s hand and walked along the path to try to find “Falun Dafa.” I walked through some bushes and saw around 20 people meditating on the lawn with their eyes closed.

I plucked up my courage and asked loudly, “Is this Falun Dafa here?” They all opened their eyes in surprise. “How much money does it cost to learn Falun Dafa? I want to learn.”

“Falun Dafa is free of charge. Anyone is welcome to learn the practice,” a man said with a smile,.“Our Master told us not to charge any money. All assistants are volunteers.”

I felt rather angry, thinking he was making fun of me. Even though I was not yet 50 at the time, I did look much older, with wrinkles all over my face, skinny with a hunchback, and a pair of eyes that were almost blind.

I thought they were looking down on me and rejecting me by saying they wouldn’t charge any money.

“Don’t talk to me like that,” I said. “Just tell me how much you charge. I will pay. I’m determined to learn this Falun Dafa.”

Another gentleman said to me, “Falun Dafa is free. Anyone can learn, and we don’t charge any money. Our Master has told us so.”

I still didn’t believe them, and said, “In that case, I want to learn now. Would you teach me?”

“Of course, I would,” the gentleman said and started to teach me the exercises for a couple of hours. I learned the first four and then did them twice all by myself.

“You are doing really well!” he encouraged me. Later I learned that he was ten odd years older than me, and yet he called me “aunty (a Chinese way to call older women).” You can imagine how awful I looked at that time!

After we finished the exercises, we walked out of the park together, chatting and laughing like old friends. I walked back home easily. Then, I felt rather hungry and made myself a big bowl of noodles. I hadn’t enjoyed food like that for a long time.

“It seems you have really obtained the Buddha Fa,” my husband said. “You can eat so much. It’s amazing! From now on, I will do all the household chores. You just focus on learning your Buddha Fa.”

I was quite touched by what he said because my husband had no clue how to go about any house chores.

Ms. Li Meifang

In less than three months, all my health problems were gone. When I went to the hospital for a checkup, the doctors were amazed to see me so healthy and asked jokingly, “What panacea did you take?!”

“I regained my health by practicing Falun Dafa.”

My hunchback was caused by lumbar disc herniation and bone hyperplasia. One day at the practice site, for some reason, I just wanted to do the fourth set of exercises and did it dozens of times. The more I did it, the better my back felt.

Suddenly, with a “bang,” my back was straightened and I stood up straight! Wow, it was such a wonderful feeling! I felt like I was on cloud nine! I jumped around like a little girl.

There was a slope in the park with over 100 steps. In the past, I had to take one step at a time while holding onto the railing. But that day, I ran down the steps in one go!

(To be continued)