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Originally posted by Ballet Mom View Post
What would be nice would be if enough was known about the different exercise and stretching methods that a video could be provided to those diagnosed with scoliosis with helpful exercises or therapy programs they could become involved with that have shown to be helpful for scoliosis patients, especially what kids could do to be successful in their bracing journey.
http://www.yogaforscoliosis.com
http://www.amazon.com/Pilates-Therap.../dp/B000NAHCEYNever argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
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Originally posted by LindaRacine View PostBoth of these women have scoliosis:
http://www.yogaforscoliosis.com
http://www.amazon.com/Pilates-Therap.../dp/B000NAHCEY
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Originally posted by Ballet Mom View PostVery interesting....now if Schroth and Seas and others made videos and that info was made available to new scoli patients...I think it would help people tremendously. Thanks for the links!
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Originally posted by hdugger View PostThe unfortunate thing is that, with the exception of the torso rotation exercises, it's to the benefit of the practitioner to obscure these exercise methods. I think that makes a video pretty unlikely, although I agree that it would be very helpful.
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Originally posted by Ballet Mom View PostThat's a really sad reflection of things as they currently are, isn't it? Maybe a few of us on this site should get together and make our own video or "sheet of knowledge" of all that we have learned to provide to new scoli patients.
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Originally posted by hdugger View PostHey, Dingo's already doing it!Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
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Originally posted by LindaRacine View PostSharon... I can hear you now. Behave yourself! ;-)Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis
No island of sanity.
Question: What do you call alternative medicine that works?
Answer: Medicine
"We are all African."
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Originally posted by Ballet Mom View PostIf this method is as good as you say, you should be more than willing to spend your own money to go and test it out. Please let us know the results!
Nothing has been withheld, people are free to go and see the Schroth people here in the states anytime they wish to.
There are many people who have had very positive results utilizing many different methods. Even Martha Hawes was successful and yet did not use this method.
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Originally posted by mamamax View PostYep. Honestly, if I had the resources to do so ... I truly would! All donations accepted (joke).
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Originally posted by Ballet Mom View PostThat's always the problem, isn't it! Perhaps they could take some economics lessons and reduce the price and bump up the volume and end up making more money in the end!
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Originally posted by mamamax View PostYou know - I'd be happy if insurance covered it. And really it is rehab based so if this new Power Schroth could be implemented in local Physical Therapy departments, that would help a lot!!! Otherwise I'm saving my pennies for a trip to Germany, that would be sweet.
I have to believe the quality of medical care will end up being less rather than more in the near future.
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Why no Schroth Videos?
Originally posted by hdugger View PostThe unfortunate thing is that, with the exception of the torso rotation exercises, it's to the benefit of the practitioner to obscure these exercise methods. I think that makes a video pretty unlikely, although I agree that it would be very helpful.
Schroth exercises are considered rehabilitative in nature – so maybe we wouldn’t expect them to necessarily be available in video format. Much like we would not expect other medically needed physical therapy to be in video format designed for self instruction.
For example, the Schroth exercises and breathing patterns that would be prescribed for me (a typical 4 curve left thoracolumbar case), would be completely wrong for another curvature pattern and actually could cause undesirable effects if done by someone with a different curvature pattern. Even if one had the correct exercises for their curvature pattern, if done unsupervised while learning, and without the proper breathing technique, then the possibility exists to cause more harm than good. Maybe some members here, more familiar with Schroth than myself, can confirm or clarify these statements.
So bottom line, I think they cannot make this information widely available, without personal and professional instruction for - ethical reasons. If someone did make them available for all the many different curvature patterns (very costly) people would buy them (very lucrative), and due to the the missing supervision required to learn them correctly - they could maybe cause harm enough as to discredit the method altogether - not to mention the ethics involved. Providing a video after supervised training would be nice (for a specific curvature pattern) maybe some do that, I don't know.
I'm not a big fan of Yoga or Palates videos for scoliosis – because I have not seen one yet that would address my specific curvature pattern – nor do I have access to someone in my area with experience in either (for my specific curvature pattern), that could supervise my use of it.
If one’s curvature pattern exactly matched that of a video instructor who has achieved some success using Yoga or Pilates, seems like that could be of benefit, but still this leaves no personal supervision which is necessary in order to best learn correctly – especially so for those with no prior experience in the disciplines which takes years of training to perform expertly among the non scoliotic population. Just my opinion, I know others highly recommend some videos and some find them useful - maybe at my age I'm just a little more over cautious than I need to be.
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Originally posted by mamamax View PostI can’t speak with professional authority as to why Schroth and SEAS do not publish videos making exercises available to all, but I think I have some ideas as to why Schroth does not.
Schroth exercises are considered rehabilitative in nature – so maybe we wouldn’t expect them to necessarily be available in video format. Much like we would not expect other medically needed physical therapy to be in video format designed for self instruction.
For example, the Schroth exercises and breathing patterns that would be prescribed for me (a typical 4 curve left thoracolumbar case), would be completely wrong for another curvature pattern and actually could cause undesirable effects if done by someone with a different curvature pattern. Even if one had the correct exercises for their curvature pattern, if done unsupervised while learning, and without the proper breathing technique, then the possibility exists to cause more harm than good. Maybe some members here, more familiar with Schroth than myself, can confirm or clarify these statements.
So bottom line, I think they cannot make this information widely available, without personal and professional instruction for - ethical reasons. If someone did make them available for all the many different curvature patterns (very costly) people would buy them (very lucrative), and due to the the missing supervision required to learn them correctly - they could maybe cause harm enough as to discredit the method altogether - not to mention the ethics involved. Providing a video after supervised training would be nice (for a specific curvature pattern) maybe some do that, I don't know.
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