Scoliosis Bloggers

a little more about Marc…

Marc wears two professional hats: he is a devoted chiropractor and an enthusiastic Schroth Method scoliosis practitioner. He has scoliosis, has children with scoliosis, and occasionally suffers from back pain – so he easily empathizes with his patients and the parents of adolescents with scoliosis.  He is quick to point out that the Schroth Method and chiropractic are quite different and emphasizes the Schroth Method is not chiropractic manipulation and is more accurately described as a scoliosis rehabilitation program. Dr. Marc (as most patients call him) helps people with back problems from his office just north of Boston dividing most days into chiropractic hours and Schroth instruction hours. He truly enjoys both chiropractic and treating scoliosis. When his daughter was diagnosed eleven years ago, he discovered the Schroth Method. His extensive knowledge of the spine and motivation as a parent of a child with scoliosis served as the impetus and inspiration for him to become the first US practitioner certified in the Schroth Method at the Schroth Clinic in Germany . He is among the very first practitioners of the Schroth Method in the US. His hard work, experience, and dedication, in both fields, are what have allowed him to evolve into the knowledgeable scoliosis expert he is today. He is a wealth of information about scoliosis treatments from activities of daily living, gait analysis, scoliosis exercises and bracing for adolescents.

…and Kathy

Kathy Moramarco has worked behind the scenes of Moramarco Chiropractic Office since 1987. Since Scoliosis 3DC  was established in 2007, she’s been responsible for non-clinical patient communications, developing this website, and has now added patient scheduling for scoliosis treatment to her list of duties. She helps patients coming for Schroth treatment – from all over the US and beyond – with details, hotel arrangements and information about what to do while in Boston. She is in the process of constructing a database to more easily track the results of patients who come to learn the Schroth Method and may be the one to answer your initial inquiry. As the mom of kids with scoliosis and one in daily communication with many in the scoliosis community, she is has heard many, varied scoliosis stories. She is passionate about helping people learn about the benefits of the Schroth Method and eager to learn about viable, non-invasive alternatives for scoliosis management.

Kathy has accompanied Marc on most of his German trips and to international scoliosis conferences and events. She is the only non-scoliotic member of their immediate family, and considers herself an advocate for conservative care. She is philosophically opposed to the wait and see/observation approach taken in the US  primarily because she has seen so many kids in the under 30º range improve with Schroth instruction and practice.

She especially enjoys the opportunity to communicate with other parents who are in the same shoes she and Marc were in eleven years ago, and always eager to help.

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Kathy and Marc created this blog as a way to share their personal and professional insights. Their unique perspective comes from their role in bringing the Schroth Method to the US, their point-of-view as parents of children with scoliosis, and as people who have researched several alternative scoliosis treatments. Their daily interactions and communications with scoliosis patients and parents over the past years is extensive. They truly believe conservative care via the Schroth method must be an option scoliosis patients and families know about in order to make up their own minds about how to proceed when making decisions pertaining to the treatment of scoliosis. They are both committed to spreading the word about the benefits of the Schroth Method.

Their hope is to provide an informative and friendly landing place about scoliosis exercise, for patients and parents looking for help and information when struggling with a child’s diagnosis or news of scoliosis curve progression. They both do their best to answer your inquiries in a timely manner. Thanks for visiting.