If you’ve been on our website, you know that we offer four to five-day intensive Schroth Programs for children and adults with scoliosis. ADL (Activities of Daily Living) training for scoliosis is an integral part of our program, and strangely, one that not many Schroth practitioners in the US address. ADL training for scoliosis is an important part of our scoliosis treatment and aims to teach patients to correct their scoliosis posture in multiple facets of daily life.
ADL training for scoliosis is a crucial part of each Schroth exercise program we administer because the principles that patients learn are applied to actions that are repeated throughout the entire day. Patients learn corrected postures (always based on their curve pattern) while sitting, standing, walking, lying down, carrying objects, etc. so they can avoid their unbalanced scoliosis posture and retrain the muscles. The purpose of ADLs is to relieve the asymmetric loading of the curve(s) and improve scoliosis posture to reduce the possibility of progression. ADLs benefit all scoliosis patients no matter the severity of the scoliosis curvature.
While exercises for scoliosis are an invaluable tool, ADL training for scoliosis posture is particularly important when you consider that they can be incorporated regularly throughout the day, rather than just during 20 – 30 minutes of exercise. The example below shows the difference that a simple postural modification can make.
Right Photo: Scoliosis Patient Seated Correctly According to Curve Pattern – Improving Scoliosis Posture
Of course, it is impossible to amend to a better posture for your scoliosis 24/7. Our aim is to give patients the tools and knowledge to do the things they love with the best possible form for their body to stabilize (or improve) posture and prevent further curve progression.
