Schroth Method of Scoliosis Exercise – The Answer to Stopping Scoliosis Progression

While most conventional medical practitioners in the U.S. do no recommend exercise for scoliosis, this certainly is not the case in Europe. There are some scoliosis exercises have been proven to be effective as a form of corrective therapy and are now available in Cary North Carolina. One of the most effective is called The Schroth Method.

In 1927, a German physiotherapist named Katharina Schroth had developed a method of scoliosis exercise that helped manage and even reverse it. Because of her ground breaking achievement in non-surgical scoliosis treatment, she received the “Federal Cross of Merit” award. Since then her form of scoliosis specific exercise has undergone extensive clinically research and development and now, Schroth Method of scoliosis exercise is now recognized as an effective treatment to not only prevent the progression of scoliosis curvatures but also effective for reductions of curvatures in many cases.

What is unique about the Schroth Method compared to most other exercises is that Schroth is specifically designed for scoliosis correction by moving the body into the direction of correction and it is done only on one side to affect the muscles on the inside of the curvature to help lengthen and strengthen theses shortened and weakened muscles. Most exercises are done bilaterally, which can actually make a scoliosis worse by causing the scoliosis to move further into the direction of the curvature when performed on the wrong side.

This type of treatment is beneficial for both adolescents and adults with scoliosis. Scoliosis is a significant rotation disorder of the spine that causes an uneven spiral of the spine and imbalances of the musculature of the back. The rotation of the spine may also cause a protrusion of the rib cage on one side.

Schroth method of scoliosis exercise is effective as it alters the direction of the rotation dysfunction and helps strengthen and lengthen the specific weakened muscles of the spine. To help correct this muscular imbalance these very specific and individualized scoliosis exercises are done unilaterally and only on the side that has shortened and weakened.

Schroth method of scoliosis exercises varies starting from the proper breathing to the correct posture and the management of pain. Schroth breathing or focused using both sides of the diaphragm properly and directional breathing that helps reshape the rib cage. Studies have shown that this form of exercise, when properly executed, will reshape the deformed ribcage, can reduce the scoliosis curvatures and relieve pain.

Schroth also uses positional isometric exercises help retrain the muscles of the pelvis, trunk and spine to help a person achieve a proper posture which in turn relieves pain and improves the overall function of the body. To learn to do them properly at home the patient must be instructed by a provider specially trained in the Method.

We utilize the Schroth Method as part of a Comprehensives Scoliosis Treatment Program.

To find out if the Schroth Method is right for you, give our office a call as our doctors offer a complimentary telephone consultation to discuss the specifics of your case. Call now and find out if Schroth is right for your case of scoliosis.