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Schroth Method Scoliosis Exercise Treatment

Dealing with scoliosis can feel overwhelming, you would like to take positive steps, either for yourself, your daughter or son, but you’re not sure what can be done.

An experienced Schroth Method ISST ScoliosisTherapist can show you a way forward.

Our Schroth Method Scoliosis Therapy Centre offers compassionate and supportive treatment in a safe environment where you can learn how to apply proven Schroth Method techniques in a personalised way to achieve desirable and sustainable outcomes, enabling you to take back control of your scoliosis.

Taking back control of your scoliosis translates to enhancing your quality of life:

Preventing curvature progression, improving posture, function and mobility, reducing pain and disability, and avoiding surgery.

Schroth Method Evidence Based Exercise Treatment

Schroth Method exercises are now recognised internationally as an effective evidence based holistic treatment option in the rehabilitation of idiopathic scoliosis patients.

Customized to meet the needs of individual patients our Schroth Method exercise treatment is delivered with compassion to address their concerns about the visible and, in many cases, painful symptoms of their scoliosis.

As each patient's spinal curvature is unique, Schroth Method exercise treatment focuses on their muscular and postural asymmetry in order to redress their scoliosis. Patients learn how to effectively self correct their scoliotic posture and transition to a balanced, aligned and upright posture, elongating and stabilising their spine three-dimensionally.

To take back control of scoliosis, and achieve desirable and sustainable treatment outcomes, It's of paramount importance that patients (& parents) and therapist work closely together, drawing off each other's strengths.

Schroth physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercises have been proven to:

Prevent curvature progression
Improve aesthetics
Improve function
Decrease cobb angles (curvatures)
Improve vital capacity
Reduce pain and disability

Schroth Method exercises, when performed in conjunction with adolescent bracing, have improved bracing outcomes in patients with curvatures >40º, thus avoiding the need for spinal fusion surgery.

Adolescent & Adult idiopathic Scoliosis

Adolescents

Adolescent idiopathic scolioisis (AIS) accounts for 80% of all scoliosis cases. ”It’s estimated that females are 10 times more likely to develop AIS, before the age of 10, than males. [and] A girl diagnosed with scoliosis is approximately 10 times likely to experience progression than boys of the same age." Adolescent Scoliosis

Having a daughter or son diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis, can be a traumatic experience for most parents, often there is a daunting feeling of guilt and despair. Finding a treatment option you feel confident with is a key step for both parent and child. Help - My Child as Scoliosis

Timely conservative treatment intervention for Juveniles and Adolescents can prevent curvature progression and avoid spinal fusion surgery. Childhood & Adolescence - Preventing Curvature Progression

Adults

Adult idiopathic scoliosis is the continuation of scoliosis since adolescence. In adulthood, curvatures <30° are unlikely to progress. However, without treatment, curvatures >30° potentially will progress whilst curvatures >40° will continue to progress. Adult Scoliosis

Major Types of Idiopathic Scoliosis

If you would like to learn more about the visible symptoms (clinical characteristics) of your own type of idiopathic scoliosis then click on the following pages for a comprehensive explanation:

Living with Scoliosis and the opportunity for enhanced quality of life

Patients "stories' briefly detailing their life experiences "living with scoliosis" and their engagement with our 6 day Schroth Program may resonate with you:

Dilshaad, South Africa, July 2025.
"I was first diagnosed with scoliosis as a teenager in South Africa. At the time, I was told there was nothing that could be done except physiotherapy. With no real treatment options offered, I simply got on with life. But as the years passed, my curve worsened..."
Pui Ling, Canberra, ACT - 21 April 2025.
"Since around 12 years old, I was diagnosed with scoliosis. Doctors in the UK offered to operate but my parents thought it was too risky. I lived with this deformity and hid it well for many years until I was ready to look at it in my 30s..."
Mary, Adelaide, SA - 31 January 2025.
Hi there, I am 45 years old and live with scoliosis. I was first diagnosed when I was 13. At that time the only treatment available to me was bracing, which was pretty rudimentary...
Angela, Melbourne, Vic - 20 October 2024.
"I am 55 years old and have a double scoliosis. My Schroth 3D...Program gave me hope for a brighter future..."

To access Dilshaad, Pui Ling, Mary and Angela's full "stories", and others Click Here.

Schroth Method Scoliosis Exercise Treatment Program

A Team Approach To Patient Care

In providing Schroth Method exercise treatment for our patients we adhere to the Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT) 2016 guidelines which advocate a team approach: Orthopaedic Specialists, Orthotists, Therapists and other medical professionals collaborating in the treatment and care of idiopathic scoliosis patients.