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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.

I was convinced that surgery was the only option for me and that without it I would live with pain, curvature progression and mobility issues...My Schroth Program gave me hope for a brighter future

... [it's] the first time I have received a true education and a new awareness of how my habitual posture was contributing to my pain and curve progression. After completing the program I am able to walk, sit, stand and sleep so much more comfortably."

Angela, Vic, October 2024

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. Timely conservative treatment intervention for Juveniles and Adolescents can prevent curvature progression and avoid spinal fusion surgery.

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:

Michelle, Kyneton, Vic, 26 June 2026
"To say that the experience of attending the Scoliosis Therapy Centre and learning about Schroth Method Scoliosis Exercise Treatment has changed my life is an understatement."
Dilshaad, South Africa, July 2025.
"It's been 3 months since I finished the Schroth program. I feel like a completely different person - physically, mentally and emotionally.''
Pui Ling, Canberra, ACT - 21 April 2025.
"The Schroth program is the most specific and intensive program scoliosis program I have found...tailored to my spine...it has provided me with life long training in how to stand, sit, walk, sleep, move nad breath to best de-roate my body."
Mary, Adelaide, SA - 31 January 2025.
"With the knowledge I have gained together with the Schroth home exercise program, tailored to my needs, I have taken back control of my own wellbeing, something I have wanted to do for the past 30 years."
Irene, Sydney, NSW - 25 February 2023
"The Schroth Method has empowered me. My scoliosis is no longer a negative and painful daily life experience."

To access these patients 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.