What are My Child’s Chances of Scoliosis Progression? A paper by Lonstein and Carlson is a popular resource on the topic of scoliosis progression. Their 1984 study features a progression factor equation taking a child’s age, Cobb angle and Risser sign (method of estimating skeletal maturity) into account to estimate percentage risk of scoliosis progression. The study conclusions are… Read More

In recent weeks, of my adolescent scoliosis patients, three have confirmed cases of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) (siblings and another) and one other has a suspected connective tissue disorder, possibly EDS. With this coincidence, I thought a blog about Ehlers-Danlos accompanied by scoliosis in order. EDS is a fairly rare genetic disorder, classified according to type… Read More

Scoliosis bracing is controversial and will continue to be even though the recently published results of the long awaited trial known as BrAIST concludes that bracing is effective (1). Here’s the overview and a few impressions. The BrAIST study was conducted at multiple scoliosis clinics across the U.S. and Canada and included 242 participants with adolescent… Read More

We have been involved in Schroth exercise for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis since 2002. The following post summarizes an important study on Schroth exercise that was published a few years back.  This valuable study, entitled, ‘The efficacy of Schroth’s 3-dimensional exercise therapy in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Turkey’ is authored by Saadet Otman,… Read More

What Scoliosis 3DC® Patients Are Saying

State of the Art

“I think the work you do is state of the art, and I like the professional but very comfortable way you share information and knowledge. The passion you have for your work is unmatched.” Read More

True Reduction in Her Curves

“Needless to say, [the surgeon] was very pleasantly surprised to see a true reduction in her curves. When I thanked him for being supportive even though we went against his [watch & wait] advice he responded, ‘You can’t argue with those results.’” Read More

Work Throughout the Day Without Pain

“It really makes a difference with how I feel. I don’t have severe pain or tingling in my right shoulder blade anymore. I can work throughout the day without pain, and I’m sleeping better!” Read More