Welcome to Schroth-Barcelona Institute
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Vision
To promote high-quality scoliosis education to professionals in order to improve the care of patients with scoliosis. What We Do We are focused on providing classes to train Physical Therapists in the Schroth Method. We provide scoliosis patients a central directory of Schroth trained therapists to facilitate connections for treatment. We are an education institute but not a governing body. Application of the theory and exercises may vary by individual. What is BSPTS BSPTS is the Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School founded by Dr. Manuel Rigo in 2009. The school teaches physical therapists the original Schroth principles and advanced concepts in scoliosis. BSPTS History The BSPTS program teaches 3-D scoliosis treatment according to the principles of Katharina and Christa Lehnert Schroth that began in Germany in the 1920’s. Dr. Rigo was trained at the original Katharina Schroth Clinic in Germany in the 1980’s. Since then, he and his staff have practiced Schroth principles at his clinic, Institut Elena Salva, in Barcelona, Spain. In 1989, Dr. Rigo received approval to begin teaching Schroth certification courses for physical therapists. After a decade of teaching, he founded BSPTS to further develop scoliosis curriculum — teaching the original Schroth principles and adding advanced concepts learned during years of clinical experience and research. Learn about who we are and what we do go to About section. Testimonials “Having professional Schroth-trained therapists available to our nonoperative, preoperative and postoperative spinal deformity patients at the Och Spine Hospital has proven to be extremely beneficial. Their ability to provide this unique and respected therapy has improved our patient's understanding of their spinal deformity, and provided a means to optimize their spinal alignment, truncal posture and core muscle strength which undoubtedly has improvesd their outcomes. We are proud to have this specialized area of expertise available to our patients.”
Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Surgeon-in-Chief The Daniel and Jane Och Spine Hospital at New York-Presbyterian/Allen Professor and Chief of Spinal Surgery Chief of Spinal Deformity Surgery Co-Director, Adult and Pediatric Comprehensive Spine Surgery Fellowship Columbia Univ. Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery Www.spinal-deformity-surgeon.com CLICK HERE to read additional testimonials.
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North American group BSPTS instructors met with Dr. Manuel Rigo
Boston, MA. September 2019 |