Schroth Exercises

Schroth Exercise for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Scoliosis Exercise Study: The efficacy of Schroth’s 3-dimensional exercise therapy in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Turkey Saadet Otman, PT, PhD, Nasire Kose, PT, PhD, Tavuz Yakut, PT, PhD. The above referenced study highlights results during a Schroth outpatient rehabilitation program for adolescents. The purpose was to determine effectiveness of Schroth [...]

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Asklepios Katharina Schroth Clinic Visit

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

After a very early Monday morning trip to the American consulate in Frankfurt to replace my lost passport, (my trips to Germany are never without incident-last year’s challenge was figuring out a way to escape Europe while the volcano continued to erupt) I arrived back in Bad Sobernheim at the Asklepios Katharina Schroth Clinic, fortunately, [...]

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Evaluating Scoliosis-Spirometry

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Spirometry measures breathing or the volume of inspiration/expiration in ML. Results of a spirometry measurement are referred to as vital capacity (VC). Vital capacity is an indicator of lung function and lower than expected values of VC may occur when a thoracic scoliosis is present. Patients measuring Cobb >100º, VC may be reduced to < [...]

Tags: 3D treatment of scoliosis, adolescent scoliosis, adult scoliosis, idiopathic scoliosis, measuring vital capacity in scoliosis, pulmonary dysfunction scoliosis, restricted breathing due to scoliosis, rib mobility, Schroth exercises, Schroth Method, spirometry, vital capacity

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Scoliosis Exercises Help Alex Reduce Her Curves!

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Congratulations Alex! Alex’s sent me this email on Friday: Hey Dr. Marc, Me and my mom just went to the hospital and got my out of brace x-ray. My curve went from 38 to 22 degrees and my rotation was like 20 to 9 -YAY! Way to go Alex. Results like yours are promising, not [...]

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