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Schroth
History
Katharina Schroth (1894-1985) developed the Schroth method for scoliosis. As a teenager, she developed a scoliosis, devoting countless hours to trying different postures and exercises to correct her curvature. She discovered in the twenties that certain positions, movements and breathing techniques visibly reduced her skew. In 1921 she opened her therapeutic institute for three-dimensional scoliosis treatment in Meissen (former East Germany). Here patients with severe scolioses were admitted for a long time to practice in groups for mirrors, and preferably in the open air.
Her daughter, Christa Lehnert-Schroth, helped her further develop the method. The institute (Asklepios clinic) moved after World War II to Bad Sobernheim (West Germany), where 1000 (Asklepios clinic) moved after World War II to Bad Sobernheim (West Germany), where 1000 patients are treated annually and Schroth therapists are trained. Katharina’s grandson, Dr. Hans-Rudolph Weiss, continues the tradition, and has developed Schroth Best Practice. This is a version of the Schroth exercises that can be performed well outside the clinic (so at home) and applied in daily life. He also gives lectures about scoliosis and braces all over the world, and guides clients in conservative, non-operative scoliosis treatment.
In addition to the Asklepios clinic, several treatment and training centers have been created. In the Netherlands that is the Scoliosis Care Clinic in Zwolle (although you are not there internally).In Spain the Schroth-based treatment is called BSPTS, in Italy ISICO, and in Poland FITS.
Schroth
Method
The Schroth therapist will carefully examine the patient in order to map and classify the three- dimensional curvature (s).Thereafter the treatment starts, with a few things striking: First of all, a lot of use is made of mirrors, so that the patient can clearly see which corrections occur. With a scoliosis, the bent and twisted posture feels straight, while the corrected, more straight, posture often feels very unusual / crooked. Sensing and viewing the corrections is essential to be able to correct the posture in daily life as well. Raising patient awareness and applying corrected posture and movement during daily activities (for example, sitting) is an important aspect of Schroth scoliosis treatment. "Moving against the bend (s)" thus becomes a new habit.
During the treatment, simple aids such as zip bags are sometimes used, and in some exercises the patient holds onto a table or doorway. The exercises are easy to perform at home.
A unique and essential part of the exercises is breathing, which Katharina Schroth called "rotational breathing"; By directed breathing towards the "inside" of the curvature, the ribs can be lifted and turned back, so that the asymmetry of the vertebral column is visibly reduced.
The result of my 4 weeks Therapy at the Katharine Schroth clinic in Germany, you can see on the X-Ray curve before treatment was 48 degree and after 36 degree a great improvement.
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