SCOLIOSIS 3DC-Schroth Method Exercise

Incorrect Seated Posture

Correctly Seated for Curve Pattern

Best Practice for the conservative care of scoliosis begins with addressing the scoliosis patient’s body mechanics and posture during daily activities. Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s)-3D Exercises Made Easy- when performed correctly, may help reduce the possibility of curve progression. Simple adjustments during daily life, depending on a patient’s curve, as seen in the photos above, may make a difference for the scoliosis patient.

Best Practice also incorporates physio-logic®. Treating a mild curve with physio-logic® exercises offers the patient a relatively easy, proactive approach, whose instruction and proficiency can be accomplished in a short period of time. This new approach is a viable alternative to the prevailing tenet of ‘watch and wait’.

Physio-logic® takes a unique approach, employing specific movements to help mobilize the spine in the sagittal plane to re-establish thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis. These symmetrical exercises are performed repeatedly. First, the patient must actively neutralize the lumbar lordosis while tilting the pelvis anteriorly and re-establish the neutral thoracic kyphosis in a backward direction.

To allow for additional correction in the frontal and transverse planes the physio-logic® program then adds asymmetric exercises for three-dimensional correction. These corrections are performed as simultaneous movements to allow mobilization in all three planes.

The current physio-logic® treatment protocol, used singularly addresses mild curves, with a sagital malalignment, between 15º and 20º However, with moderate and severe curves, instruction in ADL’s and physio-logic® exercises are used as an adjunct to the more intensive Schroth exercises.