Midwife thought she'd pulled muscle before incurable diagnosis View 3 Images

A mum who thought her back pain was due a pulled muscle discovered it was actually a sign of breast cancer after scans revealed a fracture on her spine caused by tumours. Rachel McCormack, 38, initially battled stage two breast cancer in 2015 but was given the all-clear after chemotherapy and surgery and was monitored with annual mammograms.

The mum-of-one began to experience lower back pain in December 2024, but initially put it down to gradual muscle strain. She attended an appointment with a GP and was referred for physiotherapy.

After the pain continued to "get worse" Rachel raised concerns to her breast team at Scarborough Hospital with an MRI scan confirming her vertebrae was fractured due to tumours on

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