Specialist Schroth Treatment for Idiopathic Scoliosis

Individualised Schroth Method exercise programs for adolescents and adults with scoliosis.

Adolescents: learn how to manage scoliosis during growth, with treatment focused on reducing the risk of progression, improving posture, mobility and function.

Adults: learn how to manage scoliosis, reduce pain and disability, improve posture, mobility and function, and work toward a better quality of life.

Adolescent & Adult idiopathic Scoliosis

Adolescents

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (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." Learn about Adolescent Scoliosis

Having a child diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis, can be a traumatic experience for most parents, often there is a daunting feeling despair. If your child has been diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis, particularly during a period of growth, early understanding and conservative management are important.

Scoliosis research has confirmed that the younger the child is when diagnosed with scoliosis, the greater their risk of progression as they still have a lot more growth to go before they reach skeletal maturity. During the adolescent (pubertal) growth spurt, scoliosis curves can rapidly and exponentially increase; the faster the rate of growth, the more rapidly their scoliosis can progress.

Finding a treatment option you feel confident with is a key step for both you and your child. Timely conservative treatment 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 >50° tend to continue to progress at 0.5-1° per year.

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 your specific pattern of scoliosis our Schroth Method exercise treatment is delivered with compassion to address your concerns about the visible and, in many cases, painful symptoms of your scoliosis.

As with each patient, your spinal curvature is unique, Schroth Method exercise treatment focuses on your muscular and postural asymmetry in order to redress your scoliosis. You learn how to effectively self correct your scoliotic posture(opens in new tab) and transition to a balanced and upright posture, elongating and stabilising your spine three-dimensionally.

To take back control of scoliosis, It's of paramount importance that you, (your child) and therapist work closely together, drawing off each other's strengths to achieve desirable and sustainable treatment outcomes,

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

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

Major Types of Idiopathic Scoliosis

If you would like to learn more about the visible symptoms (clinical characteristics) of your own or your child's 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 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

Our Schroth Method Scoliosis Exercise Treatment Program and Schroth Method Patient-Parent Program are customised for individual patients based on their primary curve type.

Download a summary of the content, scope and structure of our Schroth Method Scoliosis Exercise Treatment Programs:

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A Team Approach To Care & Treatment

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.