History of the Schroth method

Original Katharina Schroth Klinic

Beginning from a top floor apartment, over 3 decades, mother and daughter continued to acquire adjacent blocks of land to establish a sprawling scoliosis institute to accommodate in-patients attending their intensive scoliosis rehabilitation programs.

Establishing themselves as world leaders in scoliosis treatment, Katharina Schroth was honoured by the German Governement in 1969 with the Federal Cross of Merit. Meanwhile, her daughter Krista, a physiotherapist, continued to structure, refine and advance the Schroth Method.

 

 

In 1973 Krista launched her world renowned seminal text "Three-Dimensional Treatment for Scoliosis – A Physiotherapeutic Method for Deformities of the Spine."

Dr Hans Weiss - Grandson of Katharina Schroth

Whilst ownership of the Schroth Method changed in 1995, between then and 2008, development of the Schroth Method continued under the direction of the Klinic's medical director Dr Hans Rudolph Weiss, Katharina Schroth's grandson. 

Asklepios Katharina Schroth klinik

In 1995, Asklepios Kliniken Group, a German health care provider, bought the rights to the Schroth Method and the original Klinic which was re-branded the Asklepios Katharina-Schroth Klinic. To accommodate the growing demand for scoliosis treatment and to modernise the infrastructure, Asklepios built a new clinic which officially opened in Bad Sobernheim in 1997. The new clinic expanded capacity and ehanced delivery of the Schroth Method's intensive rehabilitation programs.

Supported by a team of Medical Specialists, Therapists and Orthotists, patients attending the clinic live in-house during their 3 week intensive scoliosis rehabilitation program. As many as 160 patients attend the clinic at the one time. Daily therapy sessions are run on a group basis, 12 -14 patients supervised by 4 therapists.