A young girl is in a race against time to raise money for surgery to fix a triple curve in her spine

A young girl is in a race against time to raise money for surgery to fix a triple curve in her spine - so she can carry on kickboxing.

Martial arts fan Izzy Harwood-Lucas was diagnosed with a severe scoliosis curve this summer and has three bends in her spine. 

The family were out walking their dog when they noticed 11-year-old Izzy's back was hunched over.

Her parents had not spotted the condition earlier because the lumbar curve was hiding the middle curve - which has bent the spine at over 40 degrees.